On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:50:23 -0400, Buck wrote:

It really got me to thinking about what the
radio would be like if i had left it plugged in. I unplug my rigs
much more often now.

Hi Buck,

Did it get you to thinking about how you replaced the path to ground
at the time you were unpluggin your rigs?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:21:41 -0700, Richard Clark
wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:50:23 -0400, Buck wrote:

It really got me to thinking about what the
radio would be like if i had left it plugged in. I unplug my rigs
much more often now.

Hi Buck,

Did it get you to thinking about how you replaced the path to ground
at the time you were unpluggin your rigs?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

It got me to thinking of putting the end of the wire in a jar, which
is what I did. The alternative was to toss it out the window, but
that wasn't viable at the time.

--
73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

In article ,
Buck wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:21:41 -0700, Richard Clark
wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:50:23 -0400, Buck wrote:

It really got me to thinking about what the
radio would be like if i had left it plugged in. I unplug my rigs
much more often now.

Hi Buck,

Did it get you to thinking about how you replaced the path to ground
at the time you were unpluggin your rigs?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

It got me to thinking of putting the end of the wire in a jar, which
is what I did. The alternative was to toss it out the window, but
that wasn't viable at the time.

i don't think tossing goax into a jar would protect you , dunno

but it's good to have a arrestor the good ones have almost not
appreciable loss that you would notice on a scanner

it will protect it from misc static sudden bursts which u might not
unplug fast enough if your luckey

it might reduce staticand improve reception

couldn't hurt i use some arrestors but when i am not using the ant, i
unplug outside the house and ground it it's a choir but i am nutty

the other alternative is radio insurrance pretty cheep for just a
scnnner naturally it would 'protect' humans


best luck

It got me to thinking of putting the end of the wire in a jar, which
is what I did. The alternative was to toss it out the window, but
that wasn't viable at the time.



Think about that above statement. Do you really think that a lighting
strike capable of traveling hundreds or thousands of feet in the air is
going to be detered by a couple millimeters of glass, or a couple inches to
the opening?



Ed K7AAT

On 29 Jul 2006 22:39:07 GMT, Ed
wrote:


It got me to thinking of putting the end of the wire in a jar, which
is what I did. The alternative was to toss it out the window, but
that wasn't viable at the time.



Think about that above statement. Do you really think that a lighting
strike capable of traveling hundreds or thousands of feet in the air is
going to be detered by a couple millimeters of glass, or a couple inches to
the opening?



Ed K7AAT


Actually, it wasn't lightning around at that time. the sparks were
static burst or something generated from lightning afar off. I was
concerned about the possibility of fire when I threw the connector
into the jar.

Buck

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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

Buck wrote:
Actually, it wasn't lightning around at that time. the sparks were
static burst or something generated from lightning afar off. I was
concerned about the possibility of fire when I threw the connector
into the jar.

That certainly could have been charged particle static
buildup. I experienced a similar thing in the Arizona
desert when the wind was blowing under clear sky, low
humidity conditions.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

i don't think tossing goax into a jar would protect you , dunno

but it's good to have a arrestor the good ones have almost not
appreciable loss that you would notice on a scanner

it will protect it from misc static sudden bursts which u might not
unplug fast enough if your luckey

it might reduce staticand improve reception

couldn't hurt i use some arrestors but when i am not using the ant, i
unplug outside the house and ground it it's a choir but i am nutty

the other alternative is radio insurrance pretty cheep for just a
scnnner naturally it would 'protect' humans


best luck


After that incident, I read many articles concerning grounding ham
equipment, the home, the towers and the antennas. They seem to be
different systems, but one thing I learned and most agree on is that
the lightning arrester on the coax needs to be one of the chemical
versions and not a vanilla gap type arrester.

Buck
n4pgw

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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW