[TowerTalk] Ham Radio Tower & Lightening

[Dennis OConnor]

Sailboat masts attract lightning for various reasons, among them is that the mast is not properly bonded to the earth and so builds a static charge that makes it a target...  A bit of web searching will find you thousands of reports of boat strikes...  

Your neighbors tower has nothing to do with your local lightning hits as that tower is grounded to the earth, whereas the boats and houses you cite as damaged were not properly grounded...  You need to make your own boat and your home properly grounded... This is not your neighbors problem or his responsibility...  

Good luck,

denny

 			
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