[TowerTalk] zapped with my dipole. OUCH!

[Grant Saviers]

My I.C.E. coax arrestors measure 680k to ground on the radio side. It 
seems like a good strategy to bleed off static with a high value 
non-inductive resistor.   10x that amount (6.8Meg) would handle 2500 
volts rms in a 2 watt carbon composition rated for the voltage.

The antenna side I.C.E. has an toroid inductor to ground, value unkown.  
In a rare stroke of good luck the unit I measured was open circuit to 
ground on the antenna side.  Inspection showed the center pin of the N 
connector hadn't been soldered.  Now I have to take all of them apart :-( .

Grant  KZ1W

On 5/14/2011 3:59 PM, Jim Lux wrote:
> A 1meg resistor to ground?
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> On May 14, 2011, at 13:29, "K2VI"<k2vi at cox.net>  wrote:
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>> 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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