[TowerTalk] Lightning

[K8RI on TowerTalk]

> Hi Again
>
> With talk about lightning protection, I recall seeing a site showing a
> static dissipator that looked like a fuzzy ball, placed atop the tower. It
> supposedly dissipates the corona charge on the tower so the lightning
> doesn't strike the tower.  I kinda shrugged and passed on from it.  I 
> found
> it while I was surfing for Rohn 45.
>
> It consisted of a brush made out of about 200 (says them) stainless steel
> wires, crimped into a holder, each bent so that the resultant product 
> looked
> kinda like a 'feather-duster'.
>
> Does anybody know what this product is called ?

Deja vu?

These come up on the reflector ... maybe a couple of times a year.
The general consensus is they are a waste of money.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

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> RoGrrr
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