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Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator Question

To: k0rc@citlink.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rotator Question
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 22:20:54 -0700
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FWIW, I had to put a wire across my rotor because RF currents
going though the bearings caused TVI.

Rick N6RK

On 5/22/2011 11:41 AM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> Please tell me what this #2-#4 wire is going to do that the Faraday
> shield effect of the tower legs around the rotor is not going to do? Or
> the metal of the rotor bell-housing itself? That pot is buried several
> layers deep, covered with metal. Does a #2-#4 wire have some priority
> for lightning? I really need to know, as I have been extremely lucky to
> escape any rotor damage, even with several lightning direct hits to my
> tower.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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