[TowerTalk] Lightning Protection for Orion Rotor

[john at kk9a.com]

Unless you enjoy repairing rotators, I would. I have either MOVs or GDTs on
all of my motors and indicating sensors. I have not made any additional
effort to ground the mast, it seems like the bearing and rotator housing
would both already have that covered. 

John KK9A

To:	towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	[TowerTalk] Lightning Protection for Orion Rotor
From:	William Saulnier <caseydogmusic at gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:16:44 -0600

At the risk of starting yet another discussion of lightning protection in
general I do have the following specific question.

In addition to an overall sound design for grounding, etc. is there a
significant advantage to having rotor control line surge suppressors at the
top of the tower? I have read that its a good idea to ground the mast to
the tower to bypass the rotor and I was already planning to have
suppressors on the control lines at the bottom of the tower and at the
entry to the radio room. The intent would be to have better protection for
the rotor itself especially its apparently sensitive reed switch.

Thanks.
Bill N5VR
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