Topband: Static Discharge Inductor

Raymond Benny rayn6vr at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 19:21:10 EDT 2021


Here in Arizona, we are in our monsoon season, lots of thunder, lightning
and rain. I have built two inductors to put across the base of my homebrew
phased 80m verticals feed point. I have a small  4" X 4" weatherproof box
at the base with a K9YC CMC enclosed and wondering if the inductors are
adequate. They are 3 1/2" long, 3/4" diameter, 20ga enamel copper wire,
with an estimated 93 turns. I have used several inductor calculators, they
say between 32 and 34 uH.

Is these adequate for use as a static discharge coil that will not affect
the vertical antenna loading or performance?

Thanks for your input.

Ray,
N6VR/W7YA


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