? on neon light as static discharge device
 

I've never written a follow-up to a Lewallen post, but here is
another advantage to using resistors that Roy didn't mention:

If you put your resistor(s) at an OUTside grounding point and
if you can remember their value(s), you may be able to make a
quick test of the integrity of your feedline from INside the
shack with an ohm-meter! (But NOT during a storm, of course!-)

Roy Lewallen writes:
Sorry, I disagree with many of the suggestions being made. Putting a
nonlinear device or devices like a zener or a series of diodes across
....[snip]....
The advice I do go along with is to put a resistor or RF choke across
the terminals if static is a problem. Either will prevent it. You won't
....[snip]....
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