[TowerTalk] Surge Protector recommendations

[john at kk9a.com]

I recently bought a bunch of these
https://www.arraysolutions.com/surge-and-rf-protection/as-303u and they look
impressive.

John KK9A


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Subject:	[TowerTalk] Surge Protector recommendations
From:	rlvz--- via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Reply-to:	rlvz at aol.com
Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2018 18:01:58 -0400

Hi Guys,


Over the years, I've noticed a "love or hate" relationship with ICE Surge 
protectors.  Some hams love them contending "they are better than
Polyphasors 
at bleeding off static electricity and reducing QRN".  Others have hated
them 
saying "they don't hold up or burn out easily".  I have used both ICE and 
Polyphasor brands many times and have had ICE units become defective, but 
perhaps they became defective by doing the intended job they were built for?
 
So some questions:
 
1) Are Polyphasors as good at bleeding off static electricity and reducing
QRN 
as ICE's? 
 
2) Is one better than the other when taking a direct lightning hit?
 
3) Is there a brand of Surge Protector that you like better than ICE or 
Polyphasor? 
 
On a related matter, I was sad to discover that Polyphasors are now made in 
China.
 
Thanks and Happy 4th of July America!
 
73,
Dick- K9OM