[TowerTalk] Lightnun

[doc]

> The idea that we can bleed off a charge on a tower by
> increasing grounding disagrees with basic physics of
> electric fields, charges, and conductors, so it doesn't make
> sense that the would say anything about prevention by
> grounding. I would be shocked if they said that. I can't
> find a single thing on the Polyphaser site that agree with
> the idea grounding prevents a streamer. If anyone can find
> it, please tell me where it is.
> 73 Tom

Isn't the goal not to "prevent" a strike, a streamer, or even
mere static, but to redirect it where it will do the least
harm?

It sounds like the Hippocratic Oath of lightning protection
-- "In your antenna and tower design do no harm."  ;-)

73, doc kd4e