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K3LOE @ K3LOE @lemmy.radio
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Please describe the lightning protection for your amateur radio station and specifically whether you use "lightning arrestors" (with or without the belief they will arrest the lightning).

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  • Right, just a typo.

    • Please describe the lightning protection for your amateur radio station and specifically whether you use "lightning arrestors" (with or without the belief they will arrest the lightning).

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  • Why do you need DC to pass through the protector? This is one of the things I don't understand!

    • Please describe the lightning protection for your amateur radio station and specifically whether you use "lightning arrestors" (with or without the belief they will arrest the lightning).

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  • Fair warning, this rabbit hole goes deep … very deep!

    I haven't met a shallow ham hole yet!

    laws and requirements for grounding (and associated lighting protection) vary across the globe and within a country

    Yes, was curious to get an international picture of practices here...

    your best bet is a locally licensed electrician or better yet, one who is also an amateur.

    Fair enough, you've inspired me to at least ask my club if we have an amateur radio electrician in the area. I do have a pretty simple station, however, so I had planned to do this myself. [edit: grammar fix]

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    Please describe the lightning protection for your amateur radio station and specifically whether you use "lightning arrestors" (with or without the belief they will arrest the lightning).
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    K3LOE @lemmy.radio

    The new Pope and the ignoring of intentional interference on KC4WDI

    For those who do public service in the US, do you use a dedicated dual band VHF/UHF radio, or the same all-band, all-mode radio you use for other activities like POTA?

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  • Cool study, good report! Lots of interesting things there, including the variability of the Baofengs.

    Yes, seems like the consensus here is towards a separate bruiser that’s not too precious.

    • For those who do public service in the US, do you use a dedicated dual band VHF/UHF radio, or the same all-band, all-mode radio you use for other activities like POTA?

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  • I'm not suggesting anything illegal. I think we're having a misunderstanding based on the different ways this works in the US vs Australia? I've edited my question to clarify I'm in the US, where "public service" (being communications support for primarily bike and foot races, where I live) does indeed happen on the amateur VHF/UHF bands.

    This is who I volunteer with, for context: https://hpsnc.org/

    • Re: Delete, Delete, Delete - FCC Initiates Broad Inquiry on Rules to Delete or Amend

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    For those who do public service in the US, do you use a dedicated dual band VHF/UHF radio, or the same all-band, all-mode radio you use for other activities like POTA?
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    Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act Re-Introduced

    Forget The Coax, Wire Up Your Antennas With Cat 6 Cable

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  • Don't do that, Cat 6 is strictly for microphone cables!