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In Reply to: Source for antenna discharge units? posted by twystd on August 21, 2006 at 21:41:29:
I ground my antenna mast. Used #6 copper & because of my sandy loam soil, I used two 8 foot ground rods 20 feet apart.
Three lightning strikes in 10 years. One was front yard, one was the power pole and other went over the top of my house on an almost horizontal route hitting the ground in the back yard. That strike turned on the kitchen lights when they were switched off & burned all the lamps out. My outdoor antenna was about twenty feet away, yet the lightning went by the antenna to a longer path hitting the ground. Tallest tree on my property was less than 10 foot high.My friend had his ham radio vertical antenna vaporized (found nothing) twice on the same antenna tower in three years. He revised his system after the second strike and has a manual disconnect box outside of his house. He disconnects the coax and takes that coax from the box to about 30 feet away when not using the radios.
Lightning is nasty & scary to me.
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