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Lightning protection « ALL THINGS RADIO @ NØFP Found this a few ago. Seems his static bleed off coil was designed correctly, it resisted current from a direct hit on his antennas. But something else was not, so he is trying this spark gap idea. I am still not sure how this will help him...

I would like to know more about these OMG series DC blocking capacitors and spark gaps.

Well then if there is something more simple or effective then I'm all for it. I would like to know more about this direct short to ground, sounds just like the DC ground matching coil I am putting on my 102" whip, actually it does help if the antenna is struck by lightning or power lines.

So I assume that means all newly produced units will be lower than 4w and that's it. There's no other way to control that. Why? Why would they do that with all the other 4w and modified rigs out there, people will always use amps and raise the power in their rigs. That's a dumb move if you...

Well Capt. that's a good and valid point, but I think there could be a way to speed that process up with technology, sensor and such. Today's sensor systems can respond faster than lightning can strike. "the point is to keep it mechanical so less can go wrong." So maybe then it would...

I actually remembered on a lot of Fords the positive and negative cables go to to the other side of the compartment and connects to the power distribution and master fuse box. Also if I remember correctly both cables are fused with 80 amp maxi fuses. Also the positive cable has a 80 amp...

I would also like to add that a similar breaker system could be used to disconnect the entire house's or shack's power supply and all conductors leading in and out to isolate the lightnings energy to the grounding system.

I know earlier I posted this, but I have typed up a page on lightning protection in greater detail here http://www.worldwidedx.com/installation-station-setup/124276-my-contribution-about-lighting-protection.html#post322346

I'll start by saying, this is basically a never ending quest for knowledge for me. I don't know everything about it but am still learning, not that man knows everything about it either. Also my quest is to find a better solution to a tower lightning strike shunt system for the everyman's...

"2020 bumpin it down on the west coast 500w 5/8 ground plane just got down! nO0o0o0o dout bout it" That sounds familiar, did I hear you on 11 meters the other day?

I know this is a little off subject but its related in a way. I got my Radio in my truck finally and the power wired, it started raining so I just slapped the ground to the negative terminal of the battery. The proper mounting is within close proximity of the battery but to the body on its...

I would keep it if it's all you have, it prevents static build up on your antenna therefore reducing the likelihood of a direct strike. If I am correct a gas discharge arrestor would be better, but even those may not protect against a direct hit, virtually nothing can for just double digit...

Thinking one of these will be perfect for bonding the matching coil to the system. Better than drilling and tapping the connector. I wonder how many people think this is an effective way to ground a system, and how many people list them as "lightning arrestors", they are "static...

I have an 2 old channel master rotators, one from the 90's that is still made by Radio Shack and an older one that is from the 70's that mounts the rotated pole through the unit, it seems a lot more stable than the one that has the mount out of the top, in fact it lurches to the side every time...

Check this guys site out, he's a Ham genius, a lot of what he is saying applies to CB as well. Antenna Matching Focus on the "Matching Input Impedance" and "Inductive Matching" Any questions about that read there I will try to answer, if I cannot, start a new thread, I always get fast...

I went ahead and bought the pot belly spring which brings the length to about 107"-11/16 as measured from the top of the angle mount. Now just gotta work out the Inductive Matching DC ground coil running between the antenna stud nut and grounded close to the connecting location to the shield...

Absolutely you pegged it, In the CB antenna threads I posted this as a 11m setup, there is a bit more expanded upon there. http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/123837-full-wave-11m-horizontal-co-phased-antennas.html

Please expand on this a bit more

Or like this connected to a rotator, and squared U frame with the Lazy H hung inside it. I had to recreate this pic from a Google images search, so I am not taking credit for the antenna design itself.

Well it looks as though a lazy H setup would work with the mounts shown in the sketch I drew. But moving the mounts closer obviously and attaching them to a couple of cinder block racks that ride the hip on the roof. Stretch a couple of cords between the wood rods to support the antenna...