Please describe the lightning protection for your amateur radio station and specifically whether you use "lightning arrestors" (with or without the belief they will arrest the lightning). (lemmy.radio)

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If you have a good resource to share beyond Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur by N0AX, please do!

I want to mount a simple 6m aluminum dipole from my roof chimney.

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[-] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Step 1, when installing a new ground stake…. You die.

Never add a second stake for Grounding, it can cause a loop back situation and fry everything in the neighborhood.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 4 days ago

Please do not make blanket statements like this without context or evidence. Electrical systems across the world are not implemented in the same way, which is why you need to discuss this with your locally authorised electrician.

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