[TowerTalk] Telephone Pole

[DavidC]

Dear Ted:

Lightning experts recommend against the use of telephone poles.
Even if copper strapping is used to provide an artificial lightning
ground.  I don't understand the entirety of the objection but it
seems a pretty universal recommendation-to-avoid.

Perhaps someone on the list could explain this better?

- Thanks! & 73, DavidC  K1YP in Hudson, FL

> Several years ago I was thinking about a telephone pole, but then
discovered
> they can snap when you need them the most--hurricanes, tornados and
> extremely high winds.
>
> And guess what they might fall on?  And they ain't light.
>
> 73, Aloha
> Ted Leaf, K6HI


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