Eustis

I watched your YT vid as well as Randy's re: installation of a GMRS base station. Very helpful. I'm also going thru the files that have been shared here. This thread has been great help in my planning. I can't make a rec for a lighting arrestor, but I do have a question. I see you used armored cable (or, armored your conductor) for the antenna ground. I have a bit of a longer run (say, 75 feet) to get to my grounding rod from the antenna base than your situation. And the conductor would run exposed across a not small portion of my roof here in Central FL, where we do get a fair bit of lightning. The question is, doesn't the armoring (spiral wound aluminum, if not mistaken) for the cable create yet another path for static/lighting? I would think that would have to be grounded as well - or did you address that in your vid and I missed it? I'll look thru the files, but what other options might there be for protecting the ground wire across its run besides armorflex? Thanks for any help.

So if you were starting from scratch (like me) putting together a base station all over again, which would it be???