On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 08:07:15 -0400, Jerseyj
wrote:

Hi all,
For years I lived in an apartment and just had antenna's in the attic ,
but now having moved to a house in a few months I'll be putting up a
10-160 wire type antenna in my trees.

I have a 10-80 wire connected between 3 trees. It's fed with
ladderline. Lightning protection is simple -- with banana plugs and
jacks, I can unplug the ladderline just outside the window whenever it
looks rainy.

You might think about whether you want to use coax or some kind of
balanced line -- balanced line is a simple disconnect.

bob
k5qwg

Given the recent spate of serious
thunderstorms, and the accompanying lightning, I'm a bit concerned about
properly grouding the antenna so that I don't fry the house *smile*. I
know about some articles on the ARRL site, but was wondering if anyone
else had some ideas or pointers on how to practically do this ?

Jerry