[Towertalk] SteppIR

[Chuck Counselman]

At 9:11 AM -0500 11/1/02, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/1/02 4:35:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, w1uf@yahoo.com
>writes:
>
>>   When I leave I "nest" the elements as an extra safeguard from lightning.
>
>     Why? They're fiberglass. Seems like a bunch of unnecessary work.

If the (conducting) elements are retracted completely in to the boom, 
then the pulse delivered to the linear amp, RX, etc., through the 
feedline from a _nearby_ strike will be much smaller.

I agree that lightning can still strike the antenna itself, in which 
case retracting the elements won't matter much.

-Chuck, W1HIS