On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:16:08 -0500, Keith Dutson wrote:
>I want to see less than .01 ohm resistance across the longest path.
When thinking about it, remember that the energy in lightning is NOT at
dc, it is around 1 MHz. The impedance of that path is primarily
INDUCTIVE REACTANCE, not resistance. Resistance (greatly
increased by skin effect) will certainly produce the I2R losses, but XL
will determine current!
Jim Brown K9YC
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