[TowerTalk] Lightning GROUND switch wanted

[n4kg@juno.com]

Do you really think that lightning would follow the relay 
contacts to ground and not arc across to the other side?

Separation is the BEST solution.  Do you have an in-line
connector for your rotor cable?

de  Tom  N4KG

On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:15:28 -0600 "Larry Alkoff"
<labradley@mindspring.com> writes:
> 
> I have been disconnecting all coax, rotator lines etc each time I 
> finish operating and it's a real PITA.
> 
> Can anyone tell me about coax switches and 8 line devices that could 
> switch all these lines
> to ground using a SINGLE OFF SWITCH.
> 
> Pardon me for shouting but I'm SAT  (sick and tired)  of all the 
> individual disconnects.
> 
> My disconnects are in the lines _after_ a Polyphaser single ground 
> point panel with the proper devices
> and a 12" copper strap out the second floor to ground (approx 30 
> feet) so I would _hope_ the strike is dissipated
> at the point of the disconnects.  However, I would feel much better 
> knowing that all of those lines
> were switched to ground.
> 
> I'm thinking of remotely operated coax switches and 8 pole relays.  
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks, Larry N2LA
> 

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