On 5/14/2024 9:32 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
Thanks all for the suggestions so far. I am a KF7P customer. I did not
know about his boxes but they do look very nice.
Inspired by KF7P's, I built this box with W6GJB's help (he made right
angle brackets to mount arrestors) I built a panel from a large
hinged-lid Hoffman box that I bought from a local electrical supplier.
It holds 8 of the WX0B arrestors. Coax enters at the bottom, through
electrical cable clamps designed standard to power wiring. Coax from
arrestors goes through two pieces of large PVC conduit that stub through
the wall to my radios. The box is mounted to the exterior wall just
below my operating desk.
k9yc.com/ArrestorPanelOpen.jpg
k9yc.com/CoaxPanel-1.jpg
It's been in for 5 years, and has worked well. I like the WX0B arrestors
for their circuitry, because the elements are user replaceable, and
because replacing them is a one-man job. The Polyphasers are a
throw-away, and replacing them is a two-man job. K6XX built my first
panel, shown on the right in the second photo. As arrestors on that
panel fry (lightning, operator error -- wrong antenna), I've migrated
the antennas to the new panel.
73, Jim K9YC
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