[TowerTalk] Gas Tube protection for remote antenna switches;

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:46:46 -0700, Jim Thomson wrote:

>##  putting a shorted pl-259  in pos #1  just used up pos #1. 
>Why not use a torroid.. like 45 uh... using 10-12 ga magnet wire. Then,
>the center conductor is always at DC grnd.  [ on the cable heading towards
>the station.. ie:  input side]  

Repeat after me -- LIGHTNING IS NOT A DC EVENT, IT IS AN RF EVENT. Write it 
100 times on the blackboard! :)  That choke only discharges DC. 

73, Jim K9YC