[TowerTalk] Source for Beverage Antenna Terminating Resistors

[Steve, NR4M]

I got tired of losing terminating resistors and the matching transformers at the feed, so I place low voltage gas discharge tube between the Beverage wire and the ground rod, at each end of the antenna.   
The gas discharge tube (GDT) will conduct at about 70 volts.  When I bought them years ago, they were about $1 each, for qty of 100.  I also put them across the input of my Beverage receive bandpass filters.  
Haven’t lost anything to lightning strikes since I started using them. 

Steve, NR4M 

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> On Apr 16, 2023, at 3:53 PM, steven.gehring at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Dick,
> 
> You could roll your own with these if you can find a reseller willing to meet your ohmage and quantity requirements: Ohmite 800 & 1000 Series, Tubular High Energy Bulk Ceramic
> 
> The Ohmite Ceramic Resistor Division Tubular Non-Inductive Bulk Ceramic Resistors provide excellent performance for high peak power or high-energy pulses.
> 
> Type SP applications include: 
> • Motor drive circuits
> • Snubber circuits
> • High-frequency circuits
> • RF dummy loads
> • Dynamic braking
> • Transformer protection
> • Harmonic filter
> 
> Good Luck and 73.
> Steve, NL7W
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2023 10:48 AM
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Source for Beverage Antenna Terminating Resistors
> 
> Wondering if anyone has found a beefy 400 to 500 ohm Beverage resistor that can handle some nearby lighting strikes?  Or at least one that can hold up a good deal better than the average.  Even the 470 ohm 2-watt Beverage Resistors I purchase from DXE are blowing up like popcorn here at my Florida QTH.
> Thank You & 73, Dick- K9OM
> 
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