Question on grounding (at the rig) - longish.

[Charles W. Morehouse]

Mel and All,
Mel is correct in that in most of the US you can get away with minimal 
lightning protection and be relative safe.
But here in central Florida where I live you had better protect your 
station to the max.  We have many violent thunder storms every year.
I have been zapped several times.  Yesterday a 4 million dollar home 
just south of me burned to the ground.  See national news.
A couple of weeks ago a 12 mil home in Orlando that was under 
construction burned.. What a shame as the owner was to move in in two weeks.
Lightning is especially hard on golfers around here.  So if you live 
here you might want to consider air terminals on your house also
PolyPhaser has the best protection devices including the copper strap. 
AES has them.  So you must decide how far you want to go.  Luck and 73.
Wayne,
W4GBW

Mel Vance N7OKL wrote:

>I am no expert...but....
>
>Every one keeps hounding on wide, flat copper strips and common ground point for every thing 
>to improve station performance.....
>
>While the common ground point idea is great for protecting from a near strike from lightning, I 
>have seen absolutely no improvement in transmit or received signal strengths and still get lots 
>of RFI issues on both TX and RX.
>
>  
>

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