[TowerTalk] Lightning Strike - Post-strike analysis

[Gene Smar]

Joe:

     Sorry to hear of your excitement but glad nothing more serious happened.  

     Here in the WDC area, Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic Tel) has been shilling their FiOS service - fiber-based phone, internet and TV.  I signed up for all three earlier this year and can now report that the only conductors entering my QTH are from the power company (not likely to change to glass in my lifetime) and the tower coax and control cables.  I have Polyphasers on all tower cables, but nothing other than dumb luck protecting the power feed.  

     I suppose I really ought to totally remove the copper twisted pairs left over from the telephone service so a neighborhood strike doesn't find its way into my basement.  Have to look for another round tuit, though.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


From: WD0M <WD0M at centurytel.net>
Date: 2007/09/18 Tue PM 04:36:35 CDT
To: towertalk at contesting.com, SteppIR at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strike - Post-strike analysis

...............
The bottom line is that if there's a way inside, lightning will find 
it.  Don't forget the phone/DSL line, or for those with cable TV, that 
line as well.  My web site <http://home.centurytel.net/WD0M/home.html> 
has a description of my attempts to prevent any "extra" electricity from 
finding its way into the shack, for those interested (or, see the link 
below the signature below). 



Stay safe out there....

73,

Joe

-- 
Joe Hannigan - WDØM
Pagosa Springs, CO

http://home.centurytel.net/WD0M
http://pagosarocks.com


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