The invention belongs to the technical field of cables, and relates to a lightning protection cable for a communication base station, which includes a cable core, an inner sheath, an armor layer, an outer sheath, a grounding layer, a connecting rib, a suspension wire, and a suspension wire sheath; it is characterized in that the cable core The outer cover is covered with the first protective layer, the inner sheath is extruded and coated outside the first protective layer, the inner sheath is covered with the second protective layer, the grounding layer is located outside the second protective layer, and the armored layer covers Covered outside the grounding layer, the outer sheath is extruded and coated outside the armored layer; the armored layer is a single-sided coated steel strip, and the surface of the armored layer in contact with the grounding layer is the non-coated surface; the first and second The protective layer is mica tape; the outer sheath is composed of the following raw materials by weight: 71 parts of polyethylene, 1010:1 part of antioxidant, 12 parts of aluminum hydroxide, 0.5 part of HK type antistatic agent, ethyl acetate 3 parts, 1 part of carbon black, 10 parts of zirconia, 1.5 parts of polyethylene wax. The invention has the following main beneficial effects: simple manufacture, fast production speed, lower resistivity of the grounding layer, lower maintenance cost, less dust adsorption, higher pressure resistance and better flame retardancy.