Ham Radio: Lightning / Grounding

Lightning Protection for the Amateur Radio Station - QST article by the Polyphaser folks. June 2002.

Military handbook. 800+ pages. GROUNDING, BONDING, AND SHIELDING FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS AND FACILITIES

Polyphaser produces a wide range of lightning and grounding products and literature for amature radio applications. Includes single point ground panels, bulkhead adapters, tower cable grounding kits, coax protection and more.

An overview of Lightning Protection for Ham Radio Stations by PolyPhaser.
11 page article on many topics related to ham station grounding.

Presentations by AD5X:
Antenna Building Ideas
Antenna Efficiency
Lightning - What it is and how to protect yourself
Inexpensive HF Antenna Construction
HF Mobile Installation Ideas
QRP Presentation

RF GROUND SYSTEMS - Radioworks reference. "Ungrounded systems", artificial grounds, line isolators, ground loops, ...

K1TTT discussion on the merits of single point grounding for lightning protection (SPG).

Notes on lightning grounds, spiny balls for lightning, etc.

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