wrote:
I plan to build a random wire antenna in my backyard with an RG8X
feedline.

I want to ground the feedline just before it enters the house.

Can I connect the coax to a SO-239 to SO-239 adapter (I think it's
called a PL-258), then attach the adapter directly to a ground rod
using a hose clamp?

Or, should I buy a lightning arrestor (e.g., Zap Trapper) and attach
that to ground rod just outside the house?

Thanks.

Use RG6. For HF receive it'll work just as well and you can use Type F
accessories.

http://www.satellitedish.com/cata0102.htm

Be sure to use an SWL Balun at the feedpoint.

http://www.buxcomm.com/catalog/index...index&cPath=11

Or roll your own

http://palomar-engineers.com/9_1_Bal...balun_kit.html