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

[K1TTT]

I have seen that picture before and wondered if it was confirmed to have hit
the pad, or did it hit somewhere behind the pad?


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Zimmerman N3OX [mailto:n3ox at n3ox.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 17:33
> To: towertalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Is lightning hitting the tower..or the yagi's ?
> 
> >
> > 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
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