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

[jimlux]

Dan Zimmerman N3OX wrote:
>> No, lightning doesn't always hit the highest point.
> 
> 
> This is my favorite example:
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> http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001879.jpg
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> <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.
> 
>


I like the picture of the lightning bolt hitting the experimental 
"lightning eliminator" (described as "used by NASA" in the mfr's 
literature) on  the gantry.  I see if I can find a link.