- 1. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: du1oz@writeme.com (Edward Soriano, M.D., DU1OZ, KB3CNO)
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:39:34 +0800
- Message-ID: <3593217D.497B@writeme.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:20:14 +0800 From: "Edward Soriano, M.D., DU1OZ, KB3CNO" <du1oz@writeme.com> Reply-To: du1oz@writeme.co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00951.html (8,421 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins)
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:09:57 +0000
- a commonly used first approximation is that a tall structure protects a radius equal to its height. but lightning is very unpredictable and can hit objects directly under a taller structure. To: <tow
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00955.html (9,687 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: babblarr@cwis.isu.edu (Larry Babb)
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 08:38:19 -0600
- While I was C.E. at a local NBC affilliate, we had lightning come into the building via a satellite dish. It took out the satellite receiver, an audio/video distribution amplifier, put pinholes in th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg00956.html (11,159 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: du1oz@writeme.com (Edward Soriano, M.D., DU1OZ, KB3CNO)
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:42:43 +0800
- Message-ID: <3593217D.497B@writeme.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:20:14 +0800 From: "Edward Soriano, M.D., DU1OZ, KB3CNO" <du1oz@writeme.com> Reply-To: du1oz@writeme.co
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg01043.html (8,398 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:27:05 EDT
- << to rephrase the question were there studies done to determine the radius or area of a land that can be safely protected by a single high grounded tower with lightning rod? >> While most people giv
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg01047.html (7,937 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: mlowell@noclant.navy.mil (Lowell, Mark)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 98 15:57:25 -0400
- Ed, I will take a stab at a direct answer for this one. One popular guideline is that a lighting rod provides a 'cone of protection' for objects below it. The rod must be connected to a 'good' ground
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg01048.html (9,150 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] [Fwd: Protected Land Area] (score: 1)
- Author: kovar@WebNexus.COM (David Kovar)
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:29:42 -0700 (PDT)
- If the angle is 90 degrees, then you'd have a plane horizontal to the ground rather than a cone, I think? Even with a 60 degree angle, that seems excessively large. I've studied a bit about lightnin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-06/msg01051.html (8,103 bytes)
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