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).

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• vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Be aware that the laws and requirements for grounding (and associated lighting protection) vary across the globe and within a country, to the point where something required in one location is illegal in another.

  I’ve been attempting to quantify this in a podcast episode for years, but it’s currently beyond my resources to adequately document, let alone explain succinctly.

  In my opinion your best bet is a locally licensed electrician or better yet, one who is also an amateur.

  Fair warning, this rabbit hole goes deep … very deep!

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  • chonkyninja@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨5⁩ ⁨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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  • K3LOE@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fair warning, this rabbit hole goes deep … very deep!

    I haven’t met a shallow ham hole yet!

    laws and requirements for grounding (and associated lighting protection) vary across the globe and within a country

    Yes, was curious to get an international picture of practices here…

    your best bet is a locally licensed electrician or better yet, one who is also an amateur.

    Fair enough, you’ve inspired me to at least ask my club if we have an amateur electrician in the area. I do have a pretty simple station, however, so I had planned to do this myself.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think we need to clarify you want a PROFESSIONAL electrician who’s also a RADIO amateur.

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    • vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s likely no difficult to actually do, just determining what’s required and permitted.

      Your club is a good starting point.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In my opinion your best bet is a locally licensed electrician or better yet, one who is also an amateur.

    Wait, is he supposed to hire a pro or not? You can’t have it both ways!

    😜

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    • vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes

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  • vomitproject@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes. Subscribed. I want to hear more. I work in transit signaling. Lightning and transit voltage protection. So many variables with traction power but also lightning. Sounds interesting.

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• vu2tum@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use Diamond SP1000 inline lightning protector

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  • K3LOE@lemmy.radio ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why do you need DC to pass through the protector? This is one of the things I don’t understand!

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    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      DC pass through is only needed if you’re powering something over the coax like a pre amp or a remote coax switch.

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