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Re: Topband: Reversible beverage terminating resistors

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Subject: Re: Topband: Reversible beverage terminating resistors
From: Rick Stealey <rstealey@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 00:02:26 +0000
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Bill said:
> I used carbon comps for many years and had
> to replace them regularly after they disintegrated with nearby (not even
> direct) lightning hits. 

It would seem a gas tube would probably solve that problem.  Gas tubes can
be had for in the $3-4 range, and are available from Mouser.
In the dormant state they have less than 1 pf capacitance, so they will not
affect the antenna system at all, but for those few tens of microseconds they
will conduct and protect the resistor.

Rick  K2XT



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