Topband: Reversible beverage terminating resistors

[Rick Stealey]

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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