Topband: Spark gaps

[Tom W8JI]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate at gmail.com>
To: "topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Spark gaps


>I don't think carbon balls are suitable for lightning protection.


I agree. The last thing we want is high surface resistivity, unless we want 
something to heat and vaporize. With high core resistivity, we could make it 
explode. :-)