the tower is a trylon yes this system is at my house
I just want to make sure this equipment is protected as best I can as for the AC MOST of the equipment runs through a UPS ... the only thing that does not is the PA .. I will look into something for the AC line .. Thank you verry much for all your answers Rick On 16 Jan 2005 at 8:45, Charles Scott wrote: > > > Rick: > You didn't say what kind of tower. I'm assuming this is a Ham type > tower > at your house, but you might want to say so if it's otherwise. > Keep in mind that lightning protection is not individual things you > do, > it's an overall approach you take. If you haven't already, you should > read up on "Single Point Grounds" and live by that approach. > As to your question, I don't think you need to get an official > gounding > kit for your transmission line. Simply cut a strap of copper flashing > (handy stuff to have around), wrap it around the line where the outer > insulation has been removed and clamp it tightly by running a bolt > through the ends. Attach a heavy and very short low inductance cable > at that point and ground it to the tower, preferably where one of the > main tower ground and the same place the ground strap to the single > point ground is terminated. Of course cover the area of the > transmission line where the strap is well to protect it from the > elements. > Having said that, however, if this is a home tower installation, you > probably don't need the ground kit at the bottom of the tower, nor at > the top as long as it's a very short run from the tower to the single > point ground (and of course the transmission line is terminated at the > ground panel anyway), and the gound path from the single point ground > is right back out to the tower. You probably don't need it at the top > either (and I'm assuming this Sinclair antenna has grounded elements), > unless your transmission line is taking some significantly different > route than the way the antenna itself is mounted. If the support for > the antenna isn't much higher than the top element you might want to > put some kind of short mast up from there to try to keep lightling > from hitting the antenna elements. > Probably a lot of other things that need to be considered, but the > main > thing is that you want to protect your equipment. The single point > ground approach will do that. > > Chuck > > > > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Rick - VA3RZS/Charlotte - VA3CMR wrote: > > > > > Hello group > > > > I am looking for some grounding kits for the LDF5-50A 7/8 > > Andrews Heliax > > > > I have one allready installed at the top of the coax and was told I > > should have one at the bottom also .. any comments on this ? > > > > I want to protect my Ant and repeater system the best I can .. the > > ant is a sinclair 4 bay (cant remember the model off hand) > > > > this ant is sid monted on the top of the tower ( 2 bays above the > > tower) > > > > Thanks for any and all help on this .. I am also running another > > line up the tower and need the kit for that also .. > > > > > > Also for LDF4-50A wich is 1/2 inch > > > > again thanks verry much .. > > > > Rick > > > > > > Rick Szajkowski VA3 RZS > > Charlotte Darby VA3 CMR > > Node Owners of IRLP Node 2120 > > Lakefield Ont Canada > > > > > The popular, friendly and calm repeater mailing list. If you have > questions or comments about this mailing list, please contact Ray > Vaughan, KD4BBM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please pass the word about this > list to every repeater owner or operator you know. We learn from each > other, so the more, the better. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeaters/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > Rick Szajkowski VA3 RZS Charlotte Darby VA3 CMR Node Owners of IRLP Node 2120 Lakefield Ont Canada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
