Telamon wrote:


You'll need a balun to transition from the random wire to the cable.
This will also enable you to put the whole mess at DC ground which will
help protect the radio.

Right, protect it against static electricity.

Make sure the RG6 is properly grounded at the point where it enters
your house.

For RF this is not necessary. If you do ground it outside the house use
a separate ground. Better would be to make one ground radial under the
single wire antenna and ground the coax to a ground rod.

http://www.buxcomm.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_ id=802

No specifications but probably OK.

Connect the antenna to the red terminal and the ground radial under it
to the black terminal.


You don't understand how brutal lightning is in most places. A Type F
grounding block costs a couple bucks; an 8 foot rod is $8; a clamp is a
couple bucks (I trust he can scrounge-up some #10 copper wire); why skimp?