[TowerTalk] Fwd: Interesting Site

[Chuck Dietz]

Oh no, all u guys are wrong! I have had one of those on my 40 foot tower
and have never been struck by lightning...

Chuck W5PR

:-)

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:35 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
wrote:

>
> A good indication of the voodoo "science" involved in that link is the
> fact that he built it with 500 (!) points.  Ask yourself what 500 sharp
> points would do that a few pointed different directions wouldn't.  In fact,
> pack enough points grouped close together and you make the static field
> effect approximate a smooth sphere.
>
> I'm always amazed that a hobby like ours, supposedly based in physics and
> the real world, perpetuates so much garbage like this ... especially when
> there are much more rigorous studies readily accessible out there on the
> internet to debunk it.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 6/25/2017 2:32 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
>
>> This topic has been discussed too may times and there seems to be nobody
>> with a definite answer. I have dissipators on my own tower. They are rather
>> easy to make. I haven't gotten any lightning strikes in them during the few
>> years the tower been up. That doesn't mean they are effective. I have
>> notice that I have had no strikes on my house, something that happened on a
>> relatively regular basis, since the tower went up. I think the tower itself
>> was the contributing factor to that, though.
>>
>> I had a 0-0, stranded aluminum cable at hand when I raised the tower and
>> decided to put three, one on each leg, of them up. You can  view they on my
>> facebook page. Does it work? Honestly, I have no idea. I do think that you
>> can build these dissipators yourself for a much lower price than what they
>> are offered at.
>>
>> With 73 de,
>>
>> Hans - N2JFS/SM6BXX
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Don W7WLL <w7wll at arrl.net>
>> To: Towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Jun 24, 2017 11:25 pm
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Interesting Site
>>
>>
>> Ran across this looking for something else and noticed a section on
>> towers, grounding and other items we are all interested in. Sample article.
>>
>> http://www.thebdr.net/articles/steel/twrs/TT-dissipators.pdf
>>
>> Don W7WLL
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