[Towertalk] Lighting Protection and Roof Towers

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/12/02 5:22:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
jhisson1@columbus.rr.com writes:

> What about the antenna itself?  The tower will be grounded like crazy, the
>  antenna is only "half-grounded" with the shield being grounded.  The rotor
>  cable will of course be grounded as well.

    Grounding the tower is only a part of the system. The WHOLE idea of a 
lightning protection system is to KEEP the transients out of the 
building/house. That's why you have the Single Point Ground System at the 
building entry where all the cables go in and the cables are grounded there.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH