There is a great little Ham Radio community just getting started at http://ham.stackexchange.com/.
If you are a programmer, you know about www.stackoverflow.com, a site that is absolutely wonderful for asking and answering questions about programming. Well, there's now a StackExchange site for everything under the sun. Math? Check. Science Fiction. Check. Ham Radio? Of course!
Check it out. here's a question I asked yesterday:
How can I get adequate lightning protection for my G5RV or dipole sloped antenna?
The answer was not what I expected. I thought that perhaps multiple ground paths, including a lighting rod would help. One of the answers even has a nice circuit diagram drawn up on the spot by the person answering.
If you are a programmer, you know about www.stackoverflow.com, a site that is absolutely wonderful for asking and answering questions about programming. Well, there's now a StackExchange site for everything under the sun. Math? Check. Science Fiction. Check. Ham Radio? Of course!
Check it out. here's a question I asked yesterday:
How can I get adequate lightning protection for my G5RV or dipole sloped antenna?
The answer was not what I expected. I thought that perhaps multiple ground paths, including a lighting rod would help. One of the answers even has a nice circuit diagram drawn up on the spot by the person answering.