Ron,

I just posted to your first message.   To your other questions:

Any lightening protectors are optional.    I already had some here. 
You can get them from him, or another source.   If you let him know what 
brand  you will be using he can drill  the plate for them.    If you get 
them from him, he can drill and mount them if you  wish.

I don't use ladder line, so don't know what provision he has for  ladder 
line entry.   Drop him an e-mail, I'm sure he  has dealt  with this.

I do know a lot of people transition to  coax  with a balun at the entry 
point to bring coax into the house.

73, Steve KW3A


On 2/13/2015 11:32 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman]\\` wrote:
> OK, I finally found the original post that Steve KW3A, sent to me about the
> KF7P Entrance Panel boxes. Thanks once again Steve for this information.
> Now, Steve, I have a couple of questions that you can answer for me. What
> comes with these boxes? That is, in the pictures he provides, he shows
> something like a Morgan M-309 or Alpha Delta Lightening Arrester with the
> box. Does the lightening arrester come with the box or do you have to
> purchase those separately? Did your box come with a hole for bringing in an
> open wire feedline?
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New house
>
> Ron,
>
>
> If you want to do the single point entry thing with a very nice  box on the
> exterior, look at KF7P Metal Works:
>
> http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Welcome.html
>
>
> Well reviewed on e-ham.  I installed  one of his 16 x 16 boxes last year
> after moving the shack to a different room and needing to re-run
> everything.    I went with the powder coat finish, keyed lock, and
> copper grounding plate inside.    8 grommeted holes on the bottom of the
> box for cables to enter and attach to grounding  units on the copper plate.
> A single large hole on the back of the box for a 1.5 inch pvc pipe to pass
> the cables through the foundation.
>
>
> I was very pleased with the quality and heft of the box.  The door is
> gasketed and all hardware is  stainless, including the  full length piano
> hinge for the door.
>
>
> I'm sure you have a lot of options with new construction, but  this is the
> way I went.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>
>
> On 10/2/2014 9:59 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
>> I am in the process of building a new house. We are still in the
>> detail planning stage, deciding on the windows, the cabinetry, etc. I
>> have one room specifically for my ham radio equipment, my ham shack.
>> Have any of you had a new home built for you from the ground up? I
>> want to incorporate coax connections into the design of this room. I
>> already have a 220 volt power line coming into it for running a
>> high-powered amp, but do any of you have any recommendations for
>> getting coax into the room as a part of the planning process? The
>> exterior will be a combination of brick & stone; so, once it is built,
>> it isn't going to be easy to get coax into the room. The type of
>> windows are such that I cannot just bring coax through the windows. I
>> am thinking about installing a bank of six coax fittings at the
>> foundation level outside my room and running coax from those outside
>> fittings into the crawl space and up through the floor or wall to another
> bank of six coax fittings inside. What do you all think? Any
> ideas/suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
>>
>> Retired Professor of Marketing
>>
>>
>>
>> President: Millitronics, Inc. (millitronics.biz)
>>
>>
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