[TowerTalk] grounding

[Gary Schafer]

Tom Rauch wrote:

> I'll take a isolation type switch with good center conductor
> lightning isolation over a clamp device that allows at least
> a kilovolt back into my radio any day of the week.
> 
> 73 Tom
> 

Hi Tom,

It is all a matter of how much energy the protector lets through. To 
compare energy let through you must look at a pulse on a scope and 
measure the area of the pulse that gets through.
I agree at hf it is harder to keep lightning out than at higher frequencies.

73
Gary  K4FMX