[TowerTalk] Lightning protection

[K8RI]

On 7/8/2013 7:10 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> What about the rest of the wires in your house?  I had a shack CRT TV need
> degaussing after a lightning strike because one of my unconnected control
> lines ran near it.  Over the years I have had several TVs and a satellite
> receiver damaged from lightning hitting an unconnected tower.

Satellite receiver is on the same tower as the other antennas. Both 
coaxes from the dual LNB to through a grounding block, then through 
grounded bulkhead connectors into the NEMA bos where they join the other 
coax runs into the house.

We have no CRTs left computers and TVs are all LCDs
Doal receivers/DVRs have the coax grounded at the tower and at the house 
and shop entrances.

Although they and the stations connect to the computers all are easily 
disconnected.

Networks, telephone, satellite receivers, and rigs are all easily and 
quickly disconnected.

73

Roger (K8RI)

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