[TowerTalk] Rotator Question

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

FWIW, I had to put a wire across my rotor because RF currents
going though the bearings caused TVI.

Rick N6RK

On 5/22/2011 11:41 AM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> Please tell me what this #2-#4 wire is going to do that the Faraday
> shield effect of the tower legs around the rotor is not going to do? Or
> the metal of the rotor bell-housing itself? That pot is buried several
> layers deep, covered with metal. Does a #2-#4 wire have some priority
> for lightning? I really need to know, as I have been extremely lucky to
> escape any rotor damage, even with several lightning direct hits to my
> tower.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN