Isn't it the goal of a good installation NOT to get hit by a lighting bolt? That is my goal. Gee, for years farmers have had lighting rods on the barn. Why not towers? And...if you do get hit...somet
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Hi Lee, Sure. You can do that by making sure your antenna is the shortest thing on the block. Of course that may run contrary to the goal of having the biggest signal o
Well, on the subject of lightning rods, A G7 2 meter antenna is the best I've ever seen. That sucker attracts lightning. Just feed it with hardline, strap it to the tower, and forget about it... I've
Lightning - Watch Out!! I have been reading with some interest the comments about lightning and lightning strikes. Nothing you can buy or build will protect your equipment if you experience a DIRECT
Isn't this the purpose of a porcupine static charge dissipater? Mounted on the tower, this device provides many points of contact with the cloud and its charge as it passes by. Being mounted to the t
We do what we feel we have to do and can afford to do. However, there truly is only one bottom line: LIGHTNING GOES WHERE IT WANTS, WHEN IT WANTS. Height of a structure and/or surrounding structures,
where i work we routinely pump 35ka through a #10 wire, for a few microseconds. in that time there isn't enough time for the wire to heat up enough to be damaged. also note that the lightning shield
To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Hi Steve, So far as I know, it is the purported purpose of using this device in a different application than it's original design use on an aircraft flying THROUGH the