[TowerTalk] Attic or outside cable run - safety issues regarding lightning?

[Mike]

Make it easy to disconnect the coax before it enters the attic. If you 
have multiple antennae, put a remote switch outside and have only 1 coax 
thru the attic, or at most three if you operate HF,UHF, and VHF.

Others have given good advice re: grounding.

73, Mike NF4L

On 8/20/12 7:45 AM, John Harper wrote:
> >From a safety standpoint (lighning), is there any reason not to run coax
> through an attic for the length of a house? My new tower is located at the
> opposite end of the house from the shack and I'd prefer to go the more
> direct route through the attic. That would save me 25 feet or cable and
> would look neater. But if there are issues of safety, they'll take
> priority.
>
> Tnx/73,
>
> John Harper AE5X
> http://www.ae5x.com/blog
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