Author: Ken Mitchell via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:17:56 +0000 (UTC)
What is the common method of making a good bond for lightning between sections of a crank up tower? Seems the slip joint between sections would be a lightning protection weakness if nothing is done..
Author: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:50:06 -0400
sections of a crank up tower? weakness if nothing is done... Ideas or what has others done? Well, the whole tower is electrically connected by the raising/lowering cables so I would say you don't ha
Lightning is NOT a DC event, it is an RF event. So the question remains relevant. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
Steve is right, it's a non-issue. Make sure your coax shields are bonded to ground at the top and bottom of the tower, and where the cables enter the house. Bond tower to ground also at the bottom. C
To paraphrase, it depends on what the definition of a "good bond" is. It seems to me that at the overlapped section ends, two legs are always in contact at one level and at least one at the other lev
While I have no quarrel with the ideas expressed here, they are TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE on this email reflector. Please cease and desist. 73, Jim K9YC On Tue,10/11/2016 3:17 PM, Ken Mitchell via TowerTa
You already have the tower cabling and the coax and control wires going from top to bottom. And as far as lightning is concerned the tiny gap between sections, even if there isn't a metallic connecti
On 10/11/16 10:43 PM, Grant Saviers wrote: To paraphrase, it depends on what the definition of a "good bond" is. It seems to me that at the overlapped section ends, two legs are always in contact at
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:14:42 -0400
Each section will have one, or possibly two pads making contact. 73 Roger (K8RI) On 10/12/2016 Wednesday 7:12 AM, David Robbins wrote: You already have the tower cabling and the coax and control wire