Topband: elevated counterpoise and lightning

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Bob, do you have ground rods for lightning?

The stub should be ok for static discharge but not for near or direct
strikes.

Dave WX7G
On Jul 29, 2012 7:04 PM, "Bob Kupps" <n6bk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi in this thread I mentioned using a 1/4 wave shorted stub at the feed
> points of our 4 square for static drain. Since we want to farm the paddy
> land we will use a non-resonant counterpoise of 48 radials connected to a
> perimeter wire about 1.5m above the flooded ground. The only galvanic
> connection to earth would be back through the RG6 feed line to the center
> control box. So would adding an RF choke to the earth ground at the element
> base be a good idea in this case? Does anyone have any experience with the
> behavior of elevated radials in a lightning strike?
>
> 73 Bob HS0ZIA
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