[Towertalk] Explain this!

[Chris BONDE]

Scott:
You use the term  " glowing".  When I was younger and we walked home from 
visiting my Grandfather along a dark country road, we would often 
see  glowing in the trees.  It was a fungus that grew on the dieing part of 
the poplar type tree.  It was more pronounced when it had rained, then more 
so after a rain then cleared up with moonlight.

Now I am not sure what is in the plastic, I know that some plastics contain 
metals (not microwavable).  So offer the suggestion to check out 
phosporesence  (sp?).

Or maybe it was a spirit or sprit or nymph trying to lure you outside.

Chris opr VE7HCB



At 07:17 AM 2002-04-25 -0400, Scott Detloff K8DX wrote:
>Woke up early this morning from the high winds and rain, not
>to go down to the shack to listen for VK9ML on 160M :-)
>As I often do when we have high winds, I came downstairs and
>took a look outside to see how the antennas were surviving.
>You have a tendency to do this when you've had a tower come
>down :-)
>
>I spotted something "glowing" about  the spot where my SW wire
>vertical for the 80M 4SQ is.  At first I thought it was an animal,
>and I was just seeing its eyes, but it wasn't moving, and turning on
>the lights on in the back of the house didn't scare it away.
>
>I took out the binoculars and could definitely tell it was the at the
>base of the vertical that was glowing at the point where 120+ radials
>run up through a 2" white PVC pipe into a Rubbermaid box that
>holds an aluminum plate that connects all the radials.  Even though
>it was completely dark out, wind still blowing, and raining,  I could
>see the 4 X 4 post that everything is attached to, as well as the plastic
>box with a dull white glow.  I watched it for another 15 minutes or so,
>then went back to catch a little more sleep.  There is nothing to reflect off
>of.  Inspection of the vertical this morning shows nothing out of the
>ordinary.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Scott Detloff K8DX
>Paris, Ohio
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