[TowerTalk] Rain static

[K4SAV]

  You definitely need surge protection on your home antennas, not 
necessarily for precipitation static, but for lightning strikes. It is 
probably an overkill for mobile antennas.  I base that conclusion from 
having spent many years operating in central Florida, which included 
several close lightning strikes, and I have never suffered any damage to 
my mobile gear.  Although, I suspect with a direct hit everything would 
be toast.

Jerry

doc wrote:

>Given this discussion I have a question of application, if I may?
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>Does the presence of this static, often capable of gathering to
>a significant potential, suggest that we need surge protection
>on both base and mobile gear?
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