[TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
Bob Wanderer
aa0cy@VRINTER.NET
Sat, 2 Jun 2001 20:18:55 -0400
I do not have anything further than the second ed (the last
by Roger Block). It was my understanding that there was a
third ed of the "Grounds" book. Roger and Ken did co-author
shorter tomes addressed specifically to hams (known by
us'ems at Poly as The Ham(fest) Bulletin") and another for
commercial users. The title of the latter book was, if
memory serves, the same as what is shown below.
What does the PolyPhaser web site say?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
[mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carl A.
Smidt
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:01 PM
To: Bob Wanderer; TOWERTALK
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
Hi All,
I received the manual today from the NH Radio Bookstore. It
is now called
'Lightning Protection and Grounding Solutions for
Communication Sites'. It
is a First Edition by Ken R. Rand, first printing 2000. It
says in the
introduction that it was compiled from the original book
'The "Grounds" for
Lightning and EMP Protection by Roger R. Block, plus
additional articles
written by Roger and Ken Rand over the last several years.
It states that
Ken Rand has brought in some up-to-date information during
the re-write and
some text has been revised and re-ordered for logical
sequence and clarity.
It has 90 pages. So from that I assume that it is in fact
the "Grounding"
bible that everyone normally refers to by its original name
and there does
not appear to be a Third Edition of the original title
unless I have been
led astray by the Radio Bookstore.
73, Carl VE9OV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Wanderer" <aa0cy@VRINTER.NET>
To: "TOWERTALK" <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 22:03 PM
Subject: FW: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
> I don't know it offhand. I got a snail mail letter some
> months ago announcing that they carried the 3d edition. I
> think they're in Peterborough and (I think) used to be
> allied with or part of 73 Magazine.
>
> Can anybody on the list help Carl?
>
> If not, contact PolyPhaser at www.polyphaser.com and I'm
> sure they have plenty of the 3d edition. I know the
author,
> Ken Rand, very well as I used to work for him!
>
> 73
> Bob AA0CY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl A. Smidt [mailto:smidtca@sprint.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:30 AM
> To: Bob Wanderer
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
>
>
> Hello Bob,
>
> Would you kindly point me to the site of the Radio
Bookstore
> in NH. I would
> like to order the book, but can't find it using the search
> engines that I
> have employed. Thank you for your help.
>
> 73, Carl VE9OV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Wanderer" <aa0cy@VRINTER.NET>
> To: "Eugene Jensen" <eugenejensen@nyc.rr.com>;
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 22:21 PM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
>
>
> > There is now a THIRD edition and this is the one you
want.
> > It was revised and updated by Ken Rand and it is far
> easier
> > to follow than the original two editions which were done
> by
> > Roger Block.
> >
> > The Radio Bookstore in NH carries it.
> >
> > 73
> > Bob AA0CY
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> > [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of
Eugene
> > Jensen
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 6:37 PM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
> >
> >
> > THE "GROUNDS" FOR LIGHTNING & EMP PROTECTION, SECOND
> EDITION
> > and is well
> > worth the cost. It well bring you up to speed very
> quickly.
> > You can get
> > from the list Sponsor and I'm sure if you call him he
> bring
> > a copy to
> > Dayton. Sure taught me what I was doing wrong with a
> secord
> > story Ham
> > Station. After I finished reading the book on a trip to
> > England, I quickly
> > grounded all my coaxial cables at the base of my tower.
> > Lightening is a
> > pretty complicated subject but the book really puts it
> into
> > perspective and
> > sure kills a lot of my misconceptions of what I
believed.
> > 73's Gene K2QWD
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> > [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim
> > Idelson
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 4:17 PM
> > To: TowerTalk Post
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightnng protection
> >
> >
> > What's the best resource around for practical solutions
to
> > lightning
> > protection
> > of contest stations [lots of feedlines and control
> cables]?
> > I plan to buy a
> > bunch of parts for this critical project in Dayton, and
> need
> > to find the
> > "firehose" that will blast me instantly with all the
> > knowlege I need.
> >
> > Tnx es 73!
> >
> > Jim
> >
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> > say hi.
> > <A
> >
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> > >
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