July 4, 2019
When I installed the 30m I used the coax run into the house from my 2m antenna. I finally bought some more coax(Davis Bury-Flex, I find it easy to work with than LMR-400 and it's about the same as far as losses) so I installed the last lightning arrestor I have room for. There's been a crazy bird…
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April 20, 2018
I’ve ordered the hexbeam and rotor. I already received the rotor cable so I figured I’d get that prepped now, the rest of the stuff should be here Monday. I'm hoping to have it setup next week to use in the Florida QSO Party. In an effort to keep lightning out of the house I’ve added a terminal…
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December 22, 2017
Being in Florida I'm concerned about lightning. Someone at the club recommended the ARRL Grounding and Bonding book which I purchased and read. I followed the information in the book to create a single point ground panel outside the house using a DX Engineering utility box . Coax from the antenna…
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