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AMATEUR PRACTICES · Noise and interference: external RF interference; electrical and computer noise; line noise; DSP filtering and noise reduction; common-mode current; surge protectors; single point ground panel

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Where should a station AC surge protector be installed?

  1. AAt the AC service panel
  2. BAt an AC outlet
  3. COn the single point ground panel
  4. DOn a ground rod outside the station
Why Effective surge protection works by bonding every conductor entering the station to one common ground reference, so that during a surge all leads rise and fall together and no damaging voltage appears across the equipment. That means the AC surge protector belongs on the same single point ground panel where the coax arrestors, rotator and control line protectors are mounted and bonded. If different protectors drain to different grounds, the difference in potential between those grounds is what destroys the gear.
Watch out Putting it at the AC service panel or at a wall outlet protects against surges coming down the power line, but it leaves the AC ground at a different potential than the antenna ground during a strike, and that difference passes through your radio.
One entry point, one ground panel: AC, coax and control lines all get clamped to the same reference.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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