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Re: [TowerTalk] Radials

To: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radials
From: kd4e <kd4e@verizon.net>
Reply-to: kd4e@verizon.net
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:05:15 +0000
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Those radials are for RF, not lightning protection.

They may actually gather energy from a nearby strike
and inject it into your system!

> Would the lightning protection provided with numerous bare radials fanned out 
> on the surface of the ground from a ground mounted vertical antenna be 
> greatly reduced or eliminated by using insulated radials instead?
> 
> TIA, 73, de Jim KG0KP


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Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
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