[TowerTalk] Lighting

[Carl R. Stevenson]

Sorry ... I was working from memory and may have "had a senior moment." :-)

At any rate, I think it's very reasonable for the "all risk" coverage it
provides for replacement cost.

73,
Carl - wk3c


> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rex Lint
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:40 PM
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Lighting
> 
> 
> I think your math is off by a factor of ten, Carl.  Its a 
> buck fifty per HUNDRED!
> 
> de K1HI
> 
> Rex Lint
> 26 Brek Drive
> Merrimack, NH 03054
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Carl R. 
> Stevenson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:22 PM
> To: 'jerryc'; TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Lighting
> 
> 
> For something like a buck fifty a thousand of replacement 
> cost, the ARRL insurance will cover it all against virtually 
> everything, including lightning.
> 
> (I haven't signed up yet, but I am going to real soon now, as 
> I'm putting up two towers (one a Trylon T500-72) and with my 
> hilltop location I will have - at least - nearby strikes, if 
> not a direct one some day.)
> 
> I also have purchased the plate to make grounded entry 
> pannels with lightning arrestors on all lines into the shack.
> 
> 73,
> Carl - wk3c
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of jerryc
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:42 PM
> > To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lighting
> >
> >
> > Tom
> > I may be wrong but my take on this is that many of us were 
> told that 
> > structures not properly grounded would build up static and be more 
> > likely to attract a strike.  I have also wondered about the 
> fact that 
> > tall grounded structures could attract a hit. I went the 
> route of the 
> > best grounding I could afford and polyphasers on all coax 
> cables.  BUT 
> > I still unhook during thunderstorms (I am not weathy enough 
> to chance
> > a hit with my hard urned equipment). JerryC KC8TES
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>
> > To: "Wilson Lui" <wilsonlui at atitec.com>; "'David Robbins K1TTT'" 
> > <k1ttt at arrl.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lighting
> >
> >
> > > Thanks Dave and Wilson.
> > >
> > > > Grounding does not prevent strikes. What a proper
> > > grounding system does do
> > > > is allow for any lightning strike that does happen is
> > > condected safely into
> > > > the surrounding soil and not arc through any
> > > equipment/structure trying to
> > > > find a lower resistance path to earth.
> > >
> > > That's my opinion also, based only on the physics involved.
> > >
> > > I notice a large group of people actually think lighting does not 
> > > hit grounded structures because grounding causes the charges to 
> > > bleed off or dissipate.
> > >
> > > I'm curious where that idea actually came from. Does anyone know?
> > >
> > > 73 Tom
> > >
> > >
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