[TowerTalk] Discharge with a dipole

[Clint Talmadge W5CPT]

Look at this:

http://www.thewireman.com/prodpix5.html

second row from the top.

Clint Talmadge - W5CPT


-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W1JCW
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 6:49 PM
To: reflector -tower
Subject: [TowerTalk] Discharge with a dipole

A previous post suggested a spark plug on each terminal the ladder line
connected to.

So the resister would go from each terminal and tie the other end to a
ground rod ? 

I run 250' center feed 450 ladder line down to a 4:1 balun. 

73-
W1JCW
John


From: Jim Lux
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:59 PM
To: K2VI
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] zapped with my dipole. OUCH!


A 1meg resistor to ground?

On May 14, 2011, at 13:29, "K2VI" <k2vi at cox.net> wrote:

> It seems every time there's distant lightning and i go to disconnect 
> the dipole i get this nasty discharge when i touch the pl-259. Im 
> concerned it will eventually damage my tuner and or radio. The antenna 
> is not dc grounded like my beam or vertical are. It is a ladder line 
> fed antenna terminating into a 4:1 balun outside the shack and a 3' 
> run of rg8 coax to the tuner. How can i bleed this static off? I heard 
> from a ham friend the jump a 2.5 MH RF choke between the two terminals 
> of the 4:1 balun where the ladder line connects.Any advice would be 
> greatly apreciated.73 tony k2vi
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