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Subject: [TowerTalk] Grounding antennas?
From: tleaf@hotmail.com (Ted Leaf)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 02:23:50 PST
Hi Guys,

Just a thought on the previous post of whether to ground or float the 
coax of a wire antenna when not in use.

If you ground, you may be attracting a lighting strike by offering an 
easy path for discharge.

If you float, the discharge may find a more convenient direct path to 
ground elsewhere.


73, Aloha
Ted Leaf, K6HI
Kona, Hawaii
<tleaf@hotmail.com>

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