Thank you. This is indeed a deficiency in my current setup and sounds
like it wouldn't be expensive to fix. Is there anything else I can do?
Best,
-Fox
On 10/4/23 12:04, Robert Polinski via BVARC wrote:
First, make sure any ground rods or grounding system used in your ham shack
is bonded to your house electrical ground. This is a common failure in lots
of ham shacks. If a nearby strike induces voltage in your electrical system
and your house ground has a higher resistance to ground than your shack
ground, it will seek the lower resistance ground, by way of your ham
equipment. This is why the National Electrical Code requires all
supplemental grounds (your ham shack grounds) to be bonded with #8 ga or
larger wire together. Robert KD5YVQ
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From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of Fox Danger Piacenti via
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To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Cc: Fox Danger Piacenti <kelke...@gmail.com>
Subject: [BVARC] Techniques for mitigating Lightning
Hi all!
During most storms I find myself disconnecting my antenna from my radio and
staying off the air. I figure that a direct strike from lightning isn't
something I can do much to mitigate on a household budget other than to not
be the tastiest target for a bolt nearby.
However I am concerned with strikes that are close enough to induce current
strong enough to damage the sensitive electronics in my transceivers. This
seems especially important for a place like Houston where our weather can be
very extreme, and where having radio comms working could be helpful.
What do you do to make your home stations more resilient to nearby strikes?
How do these differ for UHF/VHF rigs verses HF?
Best,
-Fox, KW6FOX
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