I know about his connection with PolyPhaser, but where I place the tower
doesn't affect how many of their products I buy. In the article he says
that the articles were checked for errors by his brother, the founder of
PolyPhaser.
I also know about the towers that are situated right next to houses and
the Rohn brackets that facilitate this. But it is possible, isn't it,
that more is known about the behavior of lightning now than when Rohn
designed its products?
Alan NV8A
On 05/24/05 09:26 pm Blake Bowers tossed the following ingredients into
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
> Ron Block is a "consultant" and he sells Polyphasers.
>
> I won't say if he is good at it, or bad at it, I don't know.
>
> I do know, that just about anyone can hang out a sign
> and declare themselfs a consultant, as well as write
> articles for QST.
>
> I also know, that R56 standards do not call for 25 feet
> of seperation between the building and the tower,
> nor do any other published standards that I have seen.
>
> I also know, that there are millions (literally) of towers
> put within 4-5 feet, if not closer, to homes, with no
> coupling issues.
>>My attention has just been drawn to the articles by Ron Block KB2UYT in
>>QST June - August 2002 in which he says that the tower should be at
>>least 25ft from the house to reduce magnetic coupling between the tower
>>and the house wiring in the case of a lightning strike.
>>
>>Is this good advice? Would it be disastrous to locate the tower only,
>>say, 10ft from the house?
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