I don't think the way pointy things on towers might work is at all contrary to
established charge behavior. Quite the contrary. Maybe I just think of charge
behavior differently than others would, I don't know. But in any case I would
not think of arguing theory with you Tom, you've probably forgotten more than
I'll ever know about electronic theory. Seriously.
I take all the opinions and anecdotal stuff on lightning behavior with a grain
of salt. It's interesting, but so far I haven't seen much that's really
definitive about lightning behavior. So I just relax and enjoy the discussions.
I'm glad that some things, even today, remain pretty much a mystery, to be
pondered and analyzed and discussed as we do here. There's some strange and
wonderful stuff going on out there, ya know.
What's REALLY important and what there is plenty of real evidence for, is that
a PROPER grounding system is essential... and can really work... to minimize
the adverse effects when Ma Nature does send her forces to visit. Polyphaser
and ICE and maybe a few others describe methods and provide products that work
a lot of the time. I don't think there's a lot of disagreement here about the
main principles and practices of damage mitigation.
I do have a Single Point Ground system. I don't have a pointy thing on top of
my tower. But it's fun to participate in the endless speculative discussion of
what might possibly go on BEFORE the strike...
73, Jerry K3BZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Rauch
To: Jerry Keller ; Lew@dsl-only.net
Cc: 'Towertalk Reflector'
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] spider balls
Jerry,
If someone chooses to believe something contrary to
established charge behavior is at work here, then that is
their choice. My choice is to side with the data that shows
there is no difference, both in how the gaps behave and what
Polyphaser and others (like the frequency of lightning hits
near towers data) shows.
Anything anyone wants to do at their house is fine with me.
The facts we have available, however, show what they show.
For me, this has been very educational. I found the actual
data and links to data that were presented here interesting
and educational.
73 Tom
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