Yes, a lot of words that don't say much of anything.
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Patrick Greenlee
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 1:43 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes
>
> I read their web page info. Short on verifiable fact. Long on
> hyperbole. Reads like snake oil. I'd be pleased to be shown to be
> wrong as that would mean we had a good product available.
>
> Comments?
>
> Patrick NJ5G
>
>
> On 6/26/17 11:35 AM, w5prchuck@gmail.com wrote:
> > I don?t see how a capacitor could possibly help anything?
> >
> > Chuck W5PR
> >
> > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> >
> > From: Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 11:04 AM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com; sawyered@earthlink.net
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> > I am not sure if all of you know the new lightning protection system,
> deployed some time ago in Spain.
> >
> >
> > Basically, they have created a lightning rod which is a big capacitor.
> This capacitor has one end to the air, and the other end to ground.
> >
> > When a storm is over this device, the capacitor provides a small
> current from air to ground, discharging slowly the risk for a sudden
> strike.
> >
> > At the end, the strike is not happening, it has been "discharged"
> before the strike.
> >
> > They've called it PDCE or DDCE lightning system.
> >
> >
> > The original web site, in spanish, is: http://www.dinnteco.com/quees
> >
> >
> > I think there is a US version as well: http://www.dinntecous.com
> >
> >
> > It is in use in many places with very successful results.
> >
> >
> > 73, Maximo
> >
> >
> > http://www.dinnteco.com/images/producto/funciona.jpg
> >
> > [http://www.dinnteco.com/images/producto/funciona.jpg]
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > De: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> en nombre de Ed
> Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net>
> > Enviado: lunes, 26 de junio de 2017 14:19
> > Para: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes
> >
> > I forgot to add that one of the tower strikes was to a 10M EU antenna
> at
> > 30ft. Vaporized about 15ft of coax and just small remnants of the
> balun at
> > the feed. So much for the cone of protection..
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed N1UR
> >
> >
> >
> > Message: 5
> >
> > Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:09:24 -0400
> >
> > From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
> >
> > To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes
> >
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> >
> >
> > I have 3 towers that are all about 30 ft taller than the surrounding
> trees.
> >
> > There is one oak tree approaching the height within a 200 ft circle
> > otherwise it's the tallest around. They sit on a ridge with 180 drop
> off
> > exposure from N to South on the east side. Behind them on the West
> side are
> > gently sloping climbing terrain that locally peaks about 250 ft higher
> than
> > the towers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have 25 acres of land with beverages in all directions and
> antenna/cables
> > covering about 6 acres (excluding the beverage footprint).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In 12 years, I have definitively recorded 2 strikes on the towers but
> > probably 10 proximity strikes that have either been seen or created
> some
> > kind of induced energy damage to switches.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Its part of the game.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed N1UR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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