In a message dated 12/12/02 5:22:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jhisson1@columbus.rr.com writes:
> What about the antenna itself? The tower will be grounded like crazy, the
> antenna is only "half-grounded" with the shield being grounded. The rotor
> cable will of course be grounded as well.
Grounding the tower is only a part of the system. The WHOLE idea of a
lightning protection system is to KEEP the transients out of the
building/house. That's why you have the Single Point Ground System at the
building entry where all the cables go in and the cables are grounded there.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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