[TowerTalk] lightning damage

[Robert Williams]

Back in the UK when I had one Rick, it worked just fine ground mounted
30 feet away form a 3 element Cushcraft at 37 feet high and running a
linear.
Incidentally it was next to a garden shed and surrounded by high
trees, houses on all sides were only 70 feet away, that did,nt stop it
working 3Y on 40, VP8SSI on 80 and 40 all SSB as well as VK0H on 80,
40 and 30 on SSB and CW. Just a brilliant antenna for the low bands
when you have'nt room for anything else.
If it was me I would replace the coax.

73 Bob EA7/G4LVQ.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bullon" <kc5ajx@hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: 16 April 2000 21:40
Subject: [TowerTalk] lightning damage


>
> Hello all
> Well I had my first lightning strike last week ( ouch) but the
damage was
> minimal just to the coax connection at the Butternut vertical and 1
feed
> though connector at the house.
> My question to the list is since it looks like the strike travel
though the
> RG-8 coax should I replace it? It looks fine except for some
blackening at
> the coax connectors on both ends.
> One more question on another subject. I plan to use this vertical
for the
> lower bands and for quick contacts on the upper bands when I get my
tower
> and TH-6 up. How far from the tower do I need to be so as not get
> interference from the vertical and the beam or will the beam be far
enough
> above the vertical as not to matter? The tower will be 70' of Rohn
25
> Thanks
> Rick Bullon
> KC5AJX
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