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Assuming you have at least 1 ground rod by your antenna, try one of these pictured below to protect against nearby strikes and static discharge. I use this clamp and polyphasers for all 3 of my antennas. This breaks the coax connections before entering the shack. I have 3-8ft ground rods bonded together with this clamp on 1 of them.

Also use a quality surge protection power strip. I use TrippLite power strips because they have the better reputation for quality over the Walmart cheapies.

That should protect you from what you just experienced. With a direct lightning strike, I wouldn't guarantee it, I would be more concerned about my house not catching fire.

The clamp and polyphasers are sold separately.

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[QUOTE="fourstringburn, post: 593380, member: 2920"] Assuming you have at least 1 ground rod by your antenna, try one of these pictured below to protect against nearby strikes and static discharge. I use this clamp and polyphasers for all 3 of my antennas. This breaks the coax connections before entering the shack. I have 3-8ft ground rods bonded together with this clamp on 1 of them. Also use a quality surge protection power strip. I use TrippLite power strips because they have the better reputation for quality over the Walmart cheapies. That should protect you from what you just experienced. With a direct lightning strike, I wouldn't guarantee it, I would be more concerned about my house not catching fire. The clamp and polyphasers are sold separately. [ATTACH=full]21127[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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