[TowerTalk] Peripheral ground system

[Peter Larsen]

> Some industrial sites tend to have very high availale fault 
> levels often exceeding the current
> levels found in most lightning strikes ... 

This is very so!! Can you imagine what would happen at a large 
installation under short circuit conditions? 
How about 8 foot ground rods suddenly becoming missiles!!
It can and does happen.
Been there, saw that, ran away!!

Peter
VE6NAO

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