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1. [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: Ignacy Misztal <no9e@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 15:32:25 -0400; My QTH has two sets of antennas. A 100 ft tower with phased beams at 100 and 60 ft, also supporting 4 sq for 80 and shunt fed for 160m. Some 120ft apart, a Spiderbeam on a 45 ft aluminum Spiderpole a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00003.html (7,358 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 13:04:59 -0700; All lightning is weird and unpredictable. There are countless stories of lightning hitting something on the ground while missing a nearby pole, tower, building, or tree. 73, Dave AB7E Recently the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00004.html (9,017 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: Dan Cisson via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 20:13:11 +0000 (UTC); The sweet gum has more wetness. A lot of water. Pines are not, they are gummy But as far as the 100 foot tower, the guy that put it up REALLY knew what he was doing !!Dan N4GNR Sent from Yahoo Mai; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00005.html (10,167 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: Ignacy Misztal <no9e@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 16:39:55 -0400; He did! And he told me to ground it with three 10ft grounding rods! Tnx Dan for putting up the tower! Igancy NO9E _______________________________________________ _____________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00006.html (7,416 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 16:45:21 -0700; I'm pretty certain that how well the tower is installed has next to nothing to do with whether or not lightning strikes it. What happens if and when the tower does get hit could be a different story,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00007.html (10,921 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: <sawyered@earthlink.net>; Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 12:33:56 -0400; I have had 5 hits on or near the station in the past 15 years here. One hit my 80ft tower at the 15ft level - blowing a 10M beam up. Missing the rest of it above. Go figure. One hit the top of my 70f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00008.html (7,504 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Weird lightning hit (score: 1): Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 09:09:53 -0500; Lightning can act very non-intuitively. I've had the pleasure of working with lightning scientists at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. A few things to ponder: Prior to a lightning strike, the E; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-10/msg00009.html (9,235 bytes)

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