On Aug 12, 5:23*am, DrYattz wrote:
Having but recently returned to the world of shortwave radio, I'm
trying to be better informed about technical and safety issues than I
was as a kid. *Now a homeowner with a mortgage and a homeowner's
insurance policy, I'm worried about lightning protection. *I'm
receiving only, not transmitting. I have a ground rod just outside the
window where the antenna wire enters, and I intend to disconnect the
antenna outside the house when I'm not using the shortwave. *But I
want to be extra careful!

So I'm considering some options. *Which make sense to you seasoned
hams? *Do any of these leave me open to my homeowner's insurance being
voided if I get a direct hit by lightning?

Choice of device seems to be what you're concentrating on but I don't
think the brand name of any device will figure into the solution at
the insurance and electrical code level.

Correct bonding of the equipment ground/RF ground to the house ground
at the entrance panel is the key for any of this. See e.g. W8JI's
webpages.

Tim.