[TowerTalk] Static, Lightening, and protection

[kenneth.lowrey at wright.edu]

Does an 11 element 2 meter beam (horiz polarized, mounted 6-9 feet above a 
tribander help or hurt this "capacitor plate" theory?

Thanks,

Ken
W8ND

>===== Original Message From K3BU at aol.com =====
>In a message dated 3/22/04 12:02:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, w0hh at msn.com
>writes:
>>>After personally inspecting such an
>installation that had just been hit, I decided to never have anything above
>the yagi except maybe 5' of mast for the truss. In 13 years, I have never
>had a hit. <<
>
>Another vote for "Yuri's theory" of protection or repell. If there is a mast
>or sharp piece of hardware sticking out, it is advisable to have metal guy
>wires running from the tip to the boom. That would "mask" the "sticking out" 
of
>sharp "attractive" point and add to the "capacitor plate" being the antenna.
>
>Yuri, K3BU.us
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