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Lightning Protection
Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:
The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.
Articles
Note: Some of the following articles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view and print these files, you'll need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. (Version 3.0 or later required). More information here.
- Lightning Protection for the Amateur Radio Station -- Part 1 (656,619 bytes, PDF file)
QST June 2002, pp. 56-59
A three part series that develops a plan for protection the amateur station.
- Lightning Protection for the Amateur Radio Station -- Part 2 (214,744 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 2002, pp. 48-52
Resources: Manufacturers and suppliers of lightning protection products
- Lightning Protection for the Amateur Radio Station -- Part 3 (137,486 bytes, PDF file)
- Lab Notes - Lightning Protection - Part 1 (229,376 bytes, PDF file)
QST October 1994, pp. 81-82
- Lab Notes - Lightning Protection - Part 2 (262,144 bytes, PDF file)
QST December 1994. pp. 45-46
- Electromagnetic Pulse and the Radio Amateur - Part 1 (1,114,112 bytes, PDF file)
QST August 1986, pp. 15-20, 36
Will your station survive the effects of lightning strikes ........
- Electromagnetic Pulse and the Radio Amateur - Part 2 (163,840 bytes, PDF file)
QST September 1986, pp. 22-26
...testing EMP/transient-protection devices
- Electromagnetic Pulse and the Radio Amateur - Part 3 (509,824 bytes, PDF file)
QST October 1986, pp. 38-41
...protectors are connected to Amateur Radio equipment and retested.
- Electromagnetic Pulse and the Radio Amateur - Part 4 (589,824 bytes, PDF file)
QST November 1986, pp. 30-34
What can be done to protect an Amateur radio station from lightning......
Feedback: QST February 1987, p. 43
Feedback: QST April 1987, p. 59
Note:
Contact information for suppliers mentioned in the above articles should first be confirmed using TIS Address Database Search.
Bibliography (Members Only)
ARRL Periodicals Index Search - This database contains the QST index from 1915 to the present and the QEX index from 1981 to the present. For QST issues from 1970 to the present, and some selected articles back to 1922 (when construction articles featuring tubes began in earnest), identifying keywords have been added to the technical articles. By entering keywords (ANTENNA) or combinations of keywords (CONSTRUCTION ANTENNA VERTICAL HF) into the Title words: field, you may create dynamic bibliographies.
Technical article KEYWORD list. Hints for more successful searching
Suggested keywords for more articles like the ones on this page are: LIGHTNING
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