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High Performance Antenna Solutions
DATASHEET RFEA-1 - Page 6 of 6
3. Installation for medium/large RF cable and long mast:
This case with a large mast requires much longer outdoor
cable if the gateway is far from the antenna, typically the
RF cable length outdoors being 5 meters or more, in this
case attaching the Lightning Arrestor to the antenna is not
best practice, because energy captured by the cable is not
grounded and protected correctly.
In addition, this setup requires a ground for the mast itself,
either using a specific mast ground clamp or using the mast
assembly screws to secure the ground cable from the
mast.
The lightning arrestor should be close to the gateway,
absorbing energy and diverting it to ground.
Example of correct cable assembly:
RF Explorer