Static drain for verticals

[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

Hi David,

I use 50 to 100K resistors on my verticals for static
drain, plus arc plugs, 1:1 isolation baluns and my
feeds are either buried or laying on the ground.

Hopefully, any lightning will find an easier path to
ground than thru my rig!

My comments were geared towards folks with small
gardens and many antennas when operating. Grounding
unused antennas for one set of frequencies my be
detrimental to the pattern of the antenna you're
using.

I try to keep that in mind, particularly when I'm
phasing vertical systems. They are difficult enough
without inducing some unwanted influence from another
antenna. It's quite a challenge on the low bands.

Cheers,
Julius
n2wn


"I think the point about "grounding" unused antennas
is most probably to drain static in which case a
resistor in the grounding line would work and not
detune much.

I wonder if anybody uses chokes on their verticals as
they do on broadcast stations.  

David
G3UNA"
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