[TowerTalk] Grounding mast?

[K4SAV]

K9YC wrote:  "A current balun (common mode choke) has DC continuity ......"

Some baluns built are like that.  The subject starting this thread was 
the SteppIR balun.  That is a 25 to 50 ohm balun which has no dc 
connection from primary to secondary.   I don't have the details of the 
design of that balun.

Jerry, K4SAV

Jim Brown wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:36:46 -0500, K4SAV wrote:
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>>Did you mean across the balun
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>A current balun (common mode choke) has DC continuity and looks 
>moderately inductive at broadcast frequencies, which is where most 
>lightning energy is concentrated. Thus, a SLOW buildup of static 
>charge will be prevented. During a lightning event, however, there 
>will be voltage across it (until it, like most conductors of 
>moderate size, disintegrates). 
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>73,
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>Jim K9YC
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