As we get closer to summer as amateur operators, we should be thinking about lighting protection for our home stations.

Mr. Ron Block has published several informational articles about this subject in QST. In case you didn’t know Ron and his brother were the founders of the original Polyphaser Company. Their research and testing were the bases of the Motorola R56 and National Electric Code lightning protection code for two-way communication equipment.

Please do your own research about how to provide lightning and static electrical protection for your equipment.

In the past one of our past members lost a station and had fire damage to a room where their station was located due to lightning damage. (Name withheld with respect to the dearly departed.)

This isn’t a scare tactic, but information for you to consider.

73 for now,

Paul Tuley