[TowerTalk] Tower Faraday shield?

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/31/03 9:25:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
olinger at bellsouth.net writes:

> The tower and the shield are acting like a piece of coax (tower is the
>  shield, and coax shield is the center conductor). Current from up top
>  can be found on shield of coax running away from the bottom of the
>  tower unless the coax shield is grounded at the bottom of the tower.
>  Even that merely reduces the current unless it's a really good *RF*
>  ground.

    What about the other way around? That is, does the tower act as a Faraday 
shield to keep lightning transients off of the cables *inside* the tower? Or 
is this another urban myth?

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH