[TowerTalk] Lightning Recovery

[Pete Smith]

I'm now planning repairs to my tower that was struck by lightning last 
week.  Discrete items (like rotators and relay boxes) aside, should I plan 
on replacing all the coax and control cables that run up the tower, or can 
I reasonably take a more selective approach?  I'm guessing that once the 
hardware is disconnected, I'll be able to tell with an ohmmeter if there 
are any open circuits or gross short circuits between conductors, but 
subtler damage to coax may be a different matter.  I'm thinking of using my 
MFJ-259B to look for faults and excessive loss.  Anything else I should do?

73, Pete N4ZR
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