If it's completely disconnected from the receivers, that's the main thing. Secondly, which some might consider overkill, would be to ground the lead-in directly to a ground rod.
Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id <[email protected]> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Wed, 4/6/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRCA] Off Topic > To: "Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 5:10 PM > Hi guys, > > I have a general question about Beverage antennas. Normally > I string out 350' in fall and reel it in before lightning > season in Nor VA that starts soon. Does anyone leave it up > all year? If so what extra lightning protection does one > employ? Thanks. George Santulli Northern VA > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Dau <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:52:54 > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of > America<[email protected]> > Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of > America > <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30 > > About 1999 or so, the NRC had a member named Luke Steele > from Vinita, Oklahoma > who ran their contests section, and he was about 17 at the > time. Not sure if > he's still active or not. > > > 50 years from now, I wonder if radio stations will even be > around. Today's > youth, as has already been mentioned on this list, are > getting their music from > iPods, and if none of them even know about AM radio these > days, I can imagine > there'll come a point in time where FM will become passe in > their minds, too. > And a generation that grew up on radio will be long gone. > > 73, > Rick Dau > South Omaha, NE > Sony ICF-2010 + Quantum Loop > > > On Apr 5, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Patrick Martin wrote: > > > I think Paul Walker is in his 20s. He may be the > youngest at least on > > the IRCA list. There was a French DXer on HCDX (I > think) a few years ago > > that was about 14 at the time. If he is still active, > he probably is > > about 20 by now. But I have not seen his postings for > sometime. But > > younger DXers are rare these days. Kids I know that go > to our church, I > > have asked about AM radio. They did not even know > about it! FM, yes to a > > certain point, but AM. They never listen to the radio > period. > > They like their video games. They all seem to have > them. > > > > Patrick > > > > Patrick Martin > > Seaside OR > > KGED QSL Manager > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are > those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are > those of the original contributors and do not necessarily > reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing > staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are > those of the original contributors and do not necessarily > reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing > staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
