[TowerTalk] lightning arrester suggestions

[jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net]

>Hello Gents,

>I've been asked to help with a vhf/uhf station installation. I was asked
"what type, model etc of >lightning arrester should I use"? The antenna is
only a fiberglass dual band vertical and will not >be above the tree tops.

>This gent lives in the mountains/forest of Idaho.
>I've never used one, I just disconnect coax when storms are predicted, but
can't expect him to do >the same.

>So, what are the prevailing thoughts/suggestions about this?

>Thanks so much!

>73

>Tom wa9wsj

The ICE, now Morgan  arrestors work superb. They use a static drain
resistor, then a  DC blocking cap, then the shunt inductor, then the GDT.

The 1/4 wave shorted stub, with far end of stub grnded, also works.