Lightning protection

[fisjr]

Simple question, should i disconnect the coax from the radio and run it to my ground buss. i was thinking of putting 3 so239 both sheild and center conductor bolted to my buss

 

[fisjr]

Let me refrase this a little, when i disconnect my coax i just let it hang or should i put it to ground. years ago i got hit and the lightning came out the end of the disconnected coax and grounded to my piping under my sink.

 

[mackmobile43]

Let me refrase this a little, when i disconnect my coax i just let it hang or should i put it to ground. years ago i got hit and the lightning came out the end of the disconnected coax and grounded to my piping under my sink.

Do not connect it to any part of your home.

Drive a separate ground rod for your shack.

You might connect a jumper from that rod and connect the coax from the antenna to it if you like.

 

[hookedon6]

]Do not connect[/B] it to any part of your home.

Drive a separate ground rod for your shack.

You might connect a jumper from that rod and connect the coax from the antenna to it if you like.

NO! NO! NO! ALL grounds should be tied togeather at one COMMON point

 

[fisjr]

so grounding the center conductor during a storm is ok?

 

[fisjr]

Follow up to my last. I have three 14 foot copper coated ground rods 10 feet apart. have 1/0 bare copper tied to each rod the to all three legs of the tower. then i have a 2 gauge solid copper wire tied to my homes service ground. then i have a 2 gauge solid wire coming into my house hooked up to a copper buss plate where all my equipment is case grounded IE. radio,amp,meter and freq counter.

 

[hookedon6]

Follow up to my last. I have three 14 foot copper coated ground rods 10 feet apart. have 1/0 bare copper tied to each rod the to all three legs of the tower. then i have a 2 gauge solid copper wire tied to my homes service ground. then i have a 2 gauge solid wire coming into my house hooked up to a copper buss plate where all my equipment is case grounded IE. radio,amp,meter and freq counter.

sounds pretty much exactly per NEC,....

I would add the "3 so239 both sheild and center conductor bolted to my buss " as you stated earlier.

 

[mackmobile43]

NO! NO! NO! ALL grounds should be tied togeather at one COMMON point

What do they do at broadcast towers?

 

[Eastside]

 

[Robb]

Not a party person myself . . .

 

[mackmobile43]

Always wondered how they did it.

 

[W5LZ]

Jar is too small, get the gallon size... might put a shovel or two of dirt in there too?

 

[mackmobile43]

Jar is too small, get the gallon size... might put a shovel or two of dirt in there too?

How about some salt also?

 

[W5LZ]

... season to taste.

 

[pro151]

I prefer Kerr jars to Mason brand. Extensive testing has shown the Kerr jar to possess 3 times the dielectric breakdown strength of the standard Mason jar.