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[TowerTalk] zapped with my dipole. OUCH!

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Subject: [TowerTalk] zapped with my dipole. OUCH!
From: "K2VI" <k2vi@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 16:29:55 -0400
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It seems every time there's distant lightning and i go to disconnect the dipole 
i get this nasty discharge when i touch the pl-259. Im concerned it will 
eventually damage my tuner and or radio. The antenna is not dc grounded like my 
beam or vertical are. It is a ladder line fed antenna terminating into a 4:1 
balun outside the shack and a 3' run of rg8 coax to the tuner. How can i bleed 
this static off? I heard from a ham friend the jump a 2.5 MH RF choke between 
the two terminals of the 4:1 balun where the ladder line connects.Any advice 
would be greatly apreciated.73
tony k2vi
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