[TowerTalk] ICE lightning arrestor question

[Alan AB2OS]

Look here:

http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/ice/33.htm

According to the circuit diagram at the bottom of the page, the resistor 
is on the rig side, and the gas tube and inductor are on the antenna side.

Alan AB2OS


On 07/05/04 04:19 pm Dave NØRQ put fingers to keyboard and launched the 
following message into cyberspace:

> I have an ICE model 302 (U) lightning arrestor, used for 2m,
> and started having intermittent SWR swings.  I took the arrestor
> out, as something to try first.  (I'm still not sure if that was the
> issue or not.)
> 
> Anyway, I took the covers off to look inside, and now am not
> sure which way to put it back together.  This is just a bit
> embarrassing...  but I can't tell which is the "Rig" SO-239
> and which one is for the "Antenna".
> 
> There is a picture of one about halfway down the page at
> http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/thorshammer.htm
> -- the first pic with the covers off.  Is the "Rig" side the one
> with the bleeder resistor, or the one with the gas tube?
> I have no other ICE coax protectors to compare it to.