I lived about 30 miles due East of John on the Eastern edge of the Rocky Mtn foothills. From 1980 until 1993, I had two towers which were the tallest structures for miles around (25G with a KT-34XA a
Even lightning doesn't move around as much as this thread. Since the cloud is the primary concentration point of charge, there is very little you can do about it except to have something discharge th
likely Purely anecdotal, and maybe someone closer to the sitation can remind me of how the story really goes: I heard a story about some ops watching a thunderstorm approaching the old W7RM on the b
of approached Along with my completely unrelated W7RM story that's two for the good guys. Maybe I really heard the story from John and I am confused? Does ANYbody remember the W7RM anecdote? Mark, N
I have heard these sorts of anecdotal accounts (including John's) from time-to-time. I wonder if all the tall towers are somehow increasing the capacitance between the cloud and the ground. Based on
Hi Folks This is a little more than amateur towers but I'll pass on an interesting tid-bit regarding power-lines. I was born at and was first on the air in the City of Port Arthur, Ontario, one of tw
N5OT added: Dunno if the story is true or not, but '7RM was just a puny four ~45m tower station after the rebuild following the big storm of '77. But combined with the heavy metal from next-door-neig
Not a legend at all, but the wrong cause. The Rushmeister just stood out there, arms folded, glowering at the storm without saying a word. It didn't DARE strike his towers. 73, Ward N0AX Rush Drake