[Towertalk] tower joint condition

[Pete Smith]

At 11:36 PM 11/20/02 -0500, Bill Hider wrote:
>This is not recommended by all literature I've seen.
>The inductance of such a run of copper (or other conductor) will do nothing
>to prevent/stop/ground the lightning.
>
>Bill, N3RR
>
> > Another solution I've seen (supposedly for lightning protection)
> > was to run a large copper wire down one leg with brass grounding
> > fixtures at the top and bottom of each section.
> >

Let's face it, there are a lot of practices out there that probably have no 
actual merit, but are done anyhow.


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower