Hi, all.

As many of you know, I'm planning to put in a ground rod for an HF station 
earth ground here at the new home QTH in Colorado if I can get the weather 
to co-operate, and be above freezing for a while.

However, in thinking about grounding, I have another question.

My VHF/UHF antenna here at the new house is a Diamond X200A.  It is mounted 
with a bracket to the side of the house, just below the roof line.  The coax 
for that antenna runs from the feedpoint, around the house, and into the 
feed-through panel at the shack window.

How do you ground an antenna like this for lightning protection?

I suppose that, when summer thunderstorms approach, I could simply 
disconnect the antenna, and hope for the best, but I wonder what others have 
tried.  There are no grounding instructions provided with the antenna 
itself.

See everyone on the Cross-country Blind Ops Net in a couple of hours!

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ