On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:12:09 GMT, "west"
wrote:

Is there a place on the net, in a book, etc. that I can see examples &
diagrams of a coax bulkhead? My house sits on a slab and I want to run about
4 or 5 coax cables, rotor cable, AC & DC source all going from the shack to
my tower. In Florida lightning is a major concern so the bulkhead will have
to have coax & other type of arrestors. All this is grounded to a copper
ground rod & the cables, of course, to my shack. I would like this outside
"box" nicely & neatly dressed & labeled so it's easy to disconnect & not an
eye sore. I searched the Ham books and many Internet sights to no avail.
Anybody? Thank you.

west, AF4GC


Don't use the 'gap' type arrestors for the antenna feeds. They look
great, but by the time the spark jumps, it will have fried your
finals. Use the gas types where the charge is arrested more quickly
than the gap styles.

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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW