[TenTec] Grounds, etc.

[GARY HUBER]

My experience with commercial VHF, UHF, and 800 MHZ - 900 MHz repeater antennas at some 35 locations around the US has been that "antennas with a DC ground potential" seem to avoid static build up and survive, unless they are at the top and take the brunt of the lightning strike. "Your mileage may vary" and the results could be very different of course.

73,

Gary - AB9M - www.csm-gh.com<http://www.csm-gh.com/> 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Grace<mailto:rjgdag at ntelos.net> 
  To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment<mailto:tentec at contesting.com> 
  Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 6:47 AM
  Subject: Re: [TenTec] Grounds, etc.


  twice i have taken a hit at the house both times a diamond vertical antenna 
  got it.i think it has something to do with the rod inside the fiberglass 
  antenna moving back and forth calling for the hit.after the second hit no 
  more verticals for me and i have been lighting free for years.on a 40 foot 
  tower with no ground rods. af4ob 
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