[BC] Lightning suppression

[Dave Dunsmoor]

> He showed it as a dead short, not a tuned stub.

Well, that certainly wouldn't work....

> Plus, stubs are frequency dependant.

Absolutely.

> Also, when you put a lightning rod on the end of a VHF/UHF antenna, you
> detune it.

Yes, indeed. UHF then becomes lowband VHF, and VHF becomes CB.....heheheh

Dave

.

> At 11:06 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
> >Well, he could be right, but didn't tell the whole story, If you ground
your
> >center conductor, it has to be on a shorted stub, 1/4 wavelength long
(which
> >then to the RF looks just like an open).
> >
> >Commonly done on the output of the 802 exciter in an 816 Continental.
> >
> >Dave Dunsmoor
>
>
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