Rig Isolators

A lightning strike does not have to hit your antenna to ruin a station. Nearby strikes induce thousands of volts on feedlines, and the only path that is truly open is a physical air gap. Unplugging every coax before a storm works, until you forget, leave for the weekend, or run the shack remotely. The Rig Cables® Rig Isolator™ puts that disconnect in the line and keeps it there. In the off position it opens a real air gap between the antenna and the radio and bonds the antenna side to the chassis ground so static has somewhere to go. The manual model is a simple mechanical switch you throw when you leave the bench. The automatic model watches your 12 V station supply: power the rig and the feedline mates; kill power and the air gap opens on its own, which is exactly what a remote or unattended station needs. It is not a substitute for a proper entrance ground, bonding, and surge protection. It is the last, physical break those systems cannot make. Built by hams, for hams.