[TowerTalk] Outside box for coax runs

[Jim Brown]

On 5/14/2024 9:32 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> Thanks all for the suggestions so far.  I am a KF7P customer.  I did not 
> know about his boxes but they do look very nice.

Inspired by KF7P's, I built this box with W6GJB's help (he made right 
angle brackets to mount arrestors) I built a panel from a large 
hinged-lid Hoffman box that I bought from a local electrical supplier. 
It holds 8 of the WX0B arrestors. Coax enters at the bottom, through 
electrical cable clamps designed standard to power wiring. Coax from 
arrestors goes through two pieces of large PVC conduit that stub through 
the wall to my radios. The box is mounted to the exterior wall just 
below my operating desk.

k9yc.com/ArrestorPanelOpen.jpg
k9yc.com/CoaxPanel-1.jpg

It's been in for 5 years, and has worked well. I like the WX0B arrestors 
for their circuitry, because the elements are user replaceable, and 
because replacing them is a one-man job. The Polyphasers are a 
throw-away, and replacing them is a two-man job. K6XX built my first 
panel, shown on the right in the second photo. As arrestors on that 
panel fry (lightning, operator error -- wrong antenna), I've migrated 
the antennas to the new panel.

73, Jim K9YC