Stewart, Because a kite antenna can develop quite a charge from wind static if nothing else, I would not trust any radio to reduce that charge. Give some thought to the situation where yourself or someone else could touch the wire - a DC path is not only for the radio protection, it is for people and pet protection as well.
Besides, you do not want the COR protective devices in the K3 to fire for any purpose - consider them as you would a fire insurance policy - something you hope you never have to use. 73, Don W3FPR GW0ETF wrote: > Does the K3's built-in protection (surge arrestor and bleed resistor on each > rx input) obviate the need for external protection when using a big kite > antenna? > > If it does, and in view of the inevitable advice *to* arrange for a DC path > to earth at receiver input whenever using a kite, I suppose an implied > question is....is the K3 unusual in providing static protection at it's > inputs? > > 73, > > Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
