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1. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: w5fl@flash.net (Wendell Wyly - W5FL)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:05:38 -0500
Got my tower up with antennas and feedlines. Read the Polyphaser Book. Good grounding on tower with ground rods (10), rebar cage grounding, and 500 ft of #6 copper radials. I have a single point grou
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00270.html (8,973 bytes)

2. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:32:56 -0400 (EDT)
Please, do not operate radio when lightning is within hearing distance (if you hear thunder, shut off radio and leave the area) Here is the best advice on lightning, regardless of what engineers or o
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00277.html (9,470 bytes)

3. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: n7mb@primenet.com (Michael Bill)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:46:16 -0700 (MST)
Wendell: the first $50 to spend would be on surge protectors on the electrical box coming into the house... more damage is done on AC lines than anything else by a huge factor... even if your subdivi
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00279.html (10,637 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: cebik@utkux.utcc.utk.edu (L. B. Cebik)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 06:40:08 -0400 (EDT)
On the advice to disconnect everything when lightning is imminent: I concur, with one addition: disconnect all antennas outside the home and run cables to a set of connectors well attached to a groun
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00280.html (9,218 bytes)

5. Fwd: [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: K4OJ@aol.com (K4OJ@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 08:36:27 -0400 (EDT)
I have to agree with Charlie, now that I am a four........ Abstinance is guaranteed to work, practicing safe lightening protection means when it comes to the plugs, pull out before it is too late! k4
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00285.html (10,796 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: yo3ctk@alltrom.ro (Mihail Mateescu)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:41:24 +0300
A personal experience: my wife and myself were hit by a lightning strike, in a summer afternoon, when we took shelter under a tree from a sudden shower. This was happening in the middle of Bucharest,
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00286.html (9,978 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: crb@nanoteq.com (Chris R. Burger)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:19:57 +200
In South Africa, thatched roofs are relatively common. They look good, and they offer excellent insulation against the weather. In some areas, they are also cheap, as you can harvest the building mat
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00288.html (11,783 bytes)

8. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: EEDWARDS@oppd.com (eedwards@oppd.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:38:40 -0500
--Boundary-1061562-0-0 Wendell, I disagree with the above statement (no flame, just disagree). If all you do is unhook cables, even if it is at the point of entry, you've done nothing to protect your
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00290.html (14,139 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: sbookout@mnsinc.com (Steve Bookout)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 10:49:49 -0400
Besides, you came into the world in the fetus position, might as well Besides, it makes it easier to kiss you backside good bye! 73 de Steve, NJ4F -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfa
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00291.html (9,455 bytes)

10. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:53:30 -0400 (EDT)
I totally agree with this philosophy-If you just disconnect the cable, you are still leaving yourself open to equipment damage. In the two way communications field, I have probably seen 30 sites wit
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00293.html (12,330 bytes)

11. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: w2up@Op.Net (Barry Kutner)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 12:36:04 +0000
Perhaps a knowledgeable person can answer the following: Every time there is a thunderstorm, why don't the commercial stations (radio and TV) shut down their xmtrs and unplug their coax? Do they do a
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00296.html (10,036 bytes)

12. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: lbush@eramp.net (Larry Bush)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:28:08 -0500
Umm... One of the first things I was taught in grade school was, "Never seek shelter under a tree from a thunder storm." Larry Bush, W5NCD 359 Arrowhead Point Waco, Texas 76712 phone 817-848-5155 Fax
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00300.html (11,215 bytes)

13. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: scace@msn.com (Eric Scace)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 97 17:41:34 UT
Commercial operations engage in risk analysis. One evaluates the cost to the business of "not being on the air": typically, this is very very high (lost business) -- a commercial radio service (broad
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00301.html (11,788 bytes)

14. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: k1er@gte.net (John D. Peters)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:10:16 -0700
Finally someone asked the right question. You keep the lightning outside the station. You don't go off the air. You don't hide under a tree. You don't play golf in a thunderstorm. But you have two ef
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00302.html (13,248 bytes)

15. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: ki0dz@juno.com (Mary-Frances R. Bartels)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:23:41 MST
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:41:24 +0300 Mihail Mateescu <yo3ctk@alltrom.ro> writes: Lightening can also happen during a snowstorm. I was nearly struck when hiking a 14,000+ ft mountain. Thought it was saf
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00303.html (10,508 bytes)

16. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale Martin)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:11:55 -0500
I agree, Charles. All it takes is one hit for one to become convinced. But that one hit is not worth the effort it takes to recover (whether you were or were not directly and electrically affected by
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00304.html (11,695 bytes)

17. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: AD4HW@citrus.infi.net (DAN)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 18:42:29 -0700
This advice contains some good information, and some dangerous information. Completely disconnecting your radio from all power, antenna, and ground connections is a good approach to protecting the ra
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00305.html (11,680 bytes)

18. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: k4ab@nerak.companet.net (Larry A. Crim)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:52:46 -0500 (CDT)
The answer to both questions is...yes. Despite all our endevors to protect our equipment, we do get the occassional strike, and have to replace some equipment. In my opinion, good insurance from lig
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00306.html (10,155 bytes)

19. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: kd4wiw@ipass.net (Steve Vinson)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 02:01:38 -0700
Dale is right the only safe way is to unplug when not in use ... but I have watched several posts and have to agree (is what I have done/am doing presently) that you still need lightning arresters. I
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00311.html (12,340 bytes)

20. [TowerTalk] Lightning Protection Components (score: 1)
Author: k0wa@southwind.net (Lee Buller)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:26:27 -0500
I just have to get into this thread now.... I was the station manager and engineer for KSDB-FM in Manhattan, KS in the late 80s and early 90s. The station was a college station with very little money
/archives//html/Towertalk/1997-04/msg00313.html (10,993 bytes)


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