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1. [TowerTalk] static bleed & lightning discharge (score: 1): Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:20:48 -0500; We've got experts onboard here, but it's still worth observing that static drain devices...be they hedgehogs on tower tops, or short whips trailing from several points on aircraft wings are STILL lim; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00584.html (9,520 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] static bleed & lightning discharge (score: 1): Author: j4976@juno.com; Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:36:20 -0600; I thought that the point of a lightning rod or similar device was that a house being a poor conductor, if hit, gets hit by a huge charge. By putting up a lightning rod which is a good conductor with; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00588.html (11,430 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] static bleed & lightning discharge (score: 1): Author: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:56:34 -0000; The concept behind the conventional 'franklin' lightning rod is to provide a preferred point for the lightning to hit and a good path to ground from there. The pointed rods provide that sharp point f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00593.html (13,724 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] static bleed & lightning discharge (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:32:50 -0800; Nope.. the idea is to conduct the huge current to the ground by means of something that won't explode, spall, burst into flames, or kill someone. They are basically a fire prevention mechanism. The a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-03/msg00606.html (8,692 bytes)

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