LimeSDR input ESD (static) protection

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I do wonder what the commercial installations use because we know they don’t unplug in bad weather*. I guess they must use massive surge arrestors (as Andrew mentions).

But for static it seems to be manageable and not too expensive.

*

A local station was off-air and they reported on their website that they were painting the antenna but that sounds like a tall tale.

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They tend to use static bleed adapters (short spark gaps) and tower grounding.
And they replace the gear that gets taken out as part of the cost of biz.
I don’t think you want to replace your station as the cost of biz.