[TowerTalk] Is lightning hitting the tower..or the yagi's ?

[Dan Zimmerman N3OX]

>
> No, lightning doesn't always hit the highest point.


This is my favorite example:

http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001879.jpg

<http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001879.jpg>The surface of
the shuttle launching pad is about 350 feet below the tip of the lightning
mast.

73
Dan