[TowerTalk] Fwd: Earthing a tower

[Hans Hammarquist]

Yes, unless you are not going to use it for anything. It is "attractive" for lightning strikes and any strike will "lift it up" several kilovolts, maybe even megavolts if it is not grounded. Anything attached to the tower will reach the same high voltage. Now, if that is connected via a cable to anything in your shack ..., will I have to write more?


Hans - N2JFS





-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <zl2bmh at xtra.co.nz>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 6:14 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] Earthing a tower


Hello.

I hope I have sent this correctly, as it's my first post.

Is it necessary to earth a tower?

Regards,
Jim zl2bmh at xtra.co.nz
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