[TowerTalk] Relay lightening protection

[jimlux]

donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> This discussion of relay reliability and switching speed is
> irrelevant for a relays in a phased array that should never be hot
> switched.

The reliability issues in the Tyco ap note aren't tied to whether the 
contacts are carrying current.


> 
> The spike suppression components don't need to be outdoors, they can
> be in the control box near the solid state devices being protected.
> 

Indeed.


> 73 Frank W3LPL
>