[TowerTalk] Fwd: USB lighting protector

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu May 2 13:09:00 EDT 2024


Jorge,

Joe and NI0K have given you great advice. Here's a lot of detail on what 
is required. Leave out any of it and lightning will still hit you.

http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf

73, Jim K9YC

On 5/2/2024 7:23 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> 
> First, make sure the chassis of each device is firmly
> bonded.  The typical failure mode is for the antenna
> ground to become decoupled from the power supply (safety)
> ground - there can be several KV of difference in a
> lightning/surge event and your radio/computer equipment
> is connected between the two "grounds".





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