[TowerTalk] Discharge with a dipole

[Stan Labinsky Jr.]

That's why ICE and PolyPhaser advise the use of lightning arrestors in the 
coax line feeding the radio.

The DC blocked guys keep the bulk of the strike potential on the antenna 
side of the device saving your radio's input.

I've installed these in commercial applications, in one case after the base 
radio was replaced for just that reason and they do work.  Typical locking 
the barn door scenario... but that's how some customers learn that you're 
telling them the truth, sometimes.

Stan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K0DAN" <k0dan at comcast.net>
To: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at k7vc.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Discharge with a dipole


> a) A couple thousand +/- ?
> b) Don't know...tubes? Solid state? But in in any case, probably a lot 
> less
> than a couple KV!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at k7vc.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Discharge with a dipole
>
>
>> a) How many volts would it take to jump the gap?
>> b) How many volts would it take to damage the front-end of my receiver?
>>
>> Dick
>> > Dick Flanagan K7VC
>> dick at k7vc.com
>>
>
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