[TowerTalk] from towers to shack

[Jim Lux]

On 12/9/13 7:35 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I wonder why transorbs and gas discharge tubes are not commonly used to
> protect control lines in ham radio installations?  The $135 Polyphaser
> IS-RCT just has eight inexpensive MOVs inside.  I used GDTs on one rotator
> where I got tired of replacing leaky MOVs and it has worked fine for over a
> year and though one direct lightning strike.

Tradition?

It's not like the GDTs are significantly different price from MOVs