Because the needles are not really grounded.
The original name of these static charge dissipators is spline balls.
and they work.
Norm N8NH
At 07:07 PM 3/18/05 +0000, you wrote:
>They are supposed to prevent lightning hits. Just think about this though,
>if porcupines dissipated enough charge to prevent lightning why would
>lightning EVER hit a pine tree that has many more sharp points on it, let
>alone anywhere near a huge pine forest!
>
>
>David Robbins K1TTT
>e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> > bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8fu@aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 19:01
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Porqupines
> >
> > Whiles we're on the subject of lightning......................I notice
> > when
> > I'm in Fl all of the ag and weigh stations have what I believe are called
> > proqupines affixed to all of their radio twrs. Some as many as 6 or 8,
> > What's up
> > with that ??
> >
> > Froggy...........................K8FU
> > If CW is Outlawed....................Only Outlaws Will Have Keyers....
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