Questions about lightning safety, mainly in regards to antennas and feedlines
Questions tagged [lightning]
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Lightning Dissipators
I have heard about many lightning protection strategies in the shack, but nobody mentioned the lightning dissipator.
The lightning dissipator consists of many small spikes and prevents a strike by slowly discharging through each little spike.…
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Are used PolyPhaser IS-50 RF surge protectors likely to work?
I'm looking at buying a used IS-50NX-C0:
The listings usually say something like "Used, pulled from working equipment." While I'd believe they still work as far as normal operation is concerned, I doubt the sellers have tested their surge…
Phil Frost - W8II
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How large and where should a perimeter ground be installed?
From a comment on How can I protect equipment against a lightning strike?
Most of the damage from nearby strikes comes from strong voltage
gradients over the ground or between the ground and things near it,
causing arcing, causing things near…
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