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Subject: [TowerTalk] UFER Ground???
From: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 19:10:07 -0700



> 
> K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >      An Ufer ground is a technique where the tower base rebar >cage and 
> > concrete base is  either part of the ground system or IS >the ground system.
> 
 Hi Steve, et al.
 
 I saw a program on The Learning Channel the other night about
 lightning.  One place in the show showed the lightning
protection
 for the Space Shuttle while sitting on its launch pad.  It
showed
 some 1" cable running in 2 directions from a lightning rod on
top
 of the launch pad to some eyebolts in a concrete pad a long ways
 from the shuttle itself.  It didn't show any cables running from
 the eyebolt to a ground rod of any type.  Maybe it was grounded
 under the concrete pad. The shuttle took a couple of good
 lightning hits without any damage to the electronics or anything
 on board.  Too bad the tower guys have to be broken up.  This
 would be a neat way to protect antennas, etc from lightning
 damage.  73
 Tom W7WHY

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