[TowerTalk] Lightning avoidance

[scottw3tx at verizon.net]

In addition to prayer I reccomend -planning- for your system to be  
struck by lightning. The cost of a completely engineered lightning  
control plan will pay for itself many times over. Also, when you know  
a bad storm is coming pre-setup a remote video recorder. The picture  
of a direct strike on my system is one of my favorite pics.

And be safe.  Never operate when a storm is near.

73 Scott W3TX

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On Jun 26, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:

> I lived in FL for 32 years before moving to central FL and had ever
> increasing sized towers starting with a 64 footer andc finally  
> winding up with
> several 200 footers.  I used to dread the approaching summer and  
> the  huge
> thiunderstorms it would bring.  The towers WILL get hit by   
> lighting.  The
> bigger the tower and the more there are the greater the  chance of a  
> hit.
>
> By following the rules that are in various books and the suggestions  
> that
> have appeared on the reflector you can reduce the chances of the hit
> ENTERING  your home.  The three that were most effective for me were  
> having a
> single  bulkhead where everything from the towers entered the  
> station, installing
> Polyphasers at the bulkhead to a GOOD ground, and disconnecting all  
> wires
> enteringthe station from the bulkhead when I was not using the  
> station.  By
> doing all these last three I was able to stay damage free for the last
> several  years in FL even with three 200 footers.
>
> I finally solved the problem for good when I moved to Hawaii where  
> we have
> almost no thunderstorms.
>
> Good luck with a very tough problem.
>
> 73 Bill KH7XS/K4XS
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