[TowerTalk] How far from the house?

[Keith Dutson]

Sounds bogus to me.  I had a tower mounted next to the house slab and
bracketed to the eave.  That tower was struck multiple times without any
adverse effects.

73, Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:44 PM
To: towertalk reflector
Subject: [TowerTalk] How far from the house?

My attention has just been drawn to the articles by Ron Block KB2UYT in QST
June - August 2002 in which he says that the tower should be at least 25ft
from the house to reduce magnetic coupling between the tower and the house
wiring in the case of a lightning strike.

Is this good advice? Would it be disastrous to locate the tower only, say,
10ft from the house?

Alan NV8A
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