[TowerTalk] Confusion reins.

[Phil Camera]

I like it better when they talk about lightening!!!

Come on everyone; read all about how lightning works on the Polyphaser 
website.  You'll read that there are actually two bolts that form.  The 
sky bolt which everyone thinks about and the ground leader that actually 
comes up from the ground and meets the sky bolt about a 1/3 the way up.  
A grounded structure is constantly bleeding away the static charge which 
can build up enough to enable the ground leader to form.  Of course, 
even with the best grounding, Mother Nature can take over and do her 
thang whenever and wherever she wants.  A "properly" grounded system can 
handle that and shunt that super energy into the ground before it gets 
into the shack.  But more often, a well grounded system will also shunt 
any induced energy also to ground.  Remember, that one doesn't need a 
direct strike to have lightning induced problems.  Phil  KB9CRY

nj9k at wi.rr.com wrote:

>Are you talking about LIGHTING OR LIGHTNING(Atmospheric electrical
>discharge)????
> 
>Dick, NJ9K
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