Lightning ? - The Porcupine ! - An ElectroStatic Discharge Device
 

On 26 Apr 2006 23:00:18 -0700, "RHF"
wrote:

David - Your's is an industrial strength answer
to a simple Shortwave Listeners (SWL) problem.

A simple plant-it-and-forget-it device at the top
of one of the Antenna Supports and away from
the House.

The Pocupine while not the end-all-and-be-all
is simple to install and practical to use for
basicLightning Protection and continuous
Static Dissipation.

kisap - iane ~ RHF
.
I was a VHF engineer on the Gulf Coast.

Do not mount anything but the beacon on top of a tower.

Lightning ? - The Porcupine ! - An ElectroStatic Discharge Device
 

David,

What one does for a Commercial Antenna Structure
does not preclude taking a few simple and practical
measures (low cost) to help protect your Radios and
Equipment by Amateurs and Shortwave Listeners
(SWLs).

Maybe we need a List of the Ten 'simple-and-practical'
Things that Amateurs and Shortwave Listeners (SWLs)
can do to help protect their Radios and Equipment

Each Item must Cost under $25

Each Item must Take less than 2-Hours to do.


iane ~ RHF

Lightning ? - The Porcupine ! - An ElectroStatic Discharge Device
 

On 27 Apr 2006 12:06:55 -0700, "RHF"
wrote:

David,

What one does for a Commercial Antenna Structure
does not preclude taking a few simple and practical
measures (low cost) to help protect your Radios and
Equipment by Amateurs and Shortwave Listeners
(SWLs).

Maybe we need a List of the Ten 'simple-and-practical'
Things that Amateurs and Shortwave Listeners (SWLs)
can do to help protect their Radios and Equipment

Each Item must Cost under $25

Each Item must Take less than 2-Hours to do.


iane ~ RHF
.
Here's one that costs nothing. Unplug your **** when you're not using
it. Don't use it during thunderstorms.

Always use grounded autotransformers on LF/MF/HF transmission lines.
Grounding blocks on the VHF. Unplug everything you hold dear when a
storm approaches. Phone. 'puter. Stereo. TV. Radios. Blender.
etc.

Lightning ? - The Porcupine ! - An ElectroStatic Discharge Device
 

David - Thank You - That is a start ~ RHF