I think your math is off by a factor of ten, Carl. Its a buck fifty per
HUNDRED!
de K1HI
Rex Lint
26 Brek Drive
Merrimack, NH 03054
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carl R. Stevenson
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:22 PM
To: 'jerryc'; TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Lighting
For something like a buck fifty a thousand of replacement cost, the ARRL
insurance will cover it all against virtually everything, including
lightning.
(I haven't signed up yet, but I am going to real soon now, as I'm putting up
two towers (one a Trylon T500-72) and with my hilltop location I will have -
at least - nearby strikes, if not a direct one some day.)
I also have purchased the plate to make grounded entry pannels with
lightning arrestors on all lines into the shack.
73,
Carl - wk3c
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of jerryc
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:42 PM
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lighting
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> Tom
> I may be wrong but my take on this is that many of us were
> told that structures not properly grounded would build up
> static and be more likely to attract a strike. I have also
> wondered about the fact that tall grounded structures could
> attract a hit. I went the route of the best grounding I could
> afford and polyphasers on all coax cables. BUT I still
> unhook during thunderstorms (I am not weathy enough to chance
> a hit with my hard urned equipment). JerryC KC8TES
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
> To: "Wilson Lui" <wilsonlui@atitec.com>; "'David Robbins
> K1TTT'" <k1ttt@arrl.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lighting
>
>
> > Thanks Dave and Wilson.
> >
> > > Grounding does not prevent strikes. What a proper
> > grounding system does do
> > > is allow for any lightning strike that does happen is
> > condected safely into
> > > the surrounding soil and not arc through any
> > equipment/structure trying to
> > > find a lower resistance path to earth.
> >
> > That's my opinion also, based only on the physics involved.
> >
> > I notice a large group of people actually think lighting
> > does not hit grounded structures because grounding causes
> > the charges to bleed off or dissipate.
> >
> > I'm curious where that idea actually came from. Does anyone know?
> >
> > 73 Tom
> >
> >
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