[TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes

[w5prchuck at gmail.com]

I was joking about the 40 foot tower, but I did have a 130 foot tower on salt water on the Gulf Coast at one time. It was higher that anything for miles. We had plenty of lightning, but I don’t think I ever got a direct hit. It preferred the salt water…

Chuck W5PR

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From: Ed Sawyer
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 9:19 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes

I forgot to add that one of the tower strikes was to a 10M EU antenna at
30ft.  Vaporized about 15ft of coax and just small remnants of the balun at
the feed.  So much for the cone of protection..

 

Ed  N1UR

 

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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:09:24 -0400

From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered at earthlink.net>

To: <towertalk at contesting.com>

Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strikes

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I have 3 towers that are all about 30 ft taller than the surrounding trees.

There is one oak tree approaching the height within a 200 ft circle
otherwise it's the tallest around.  They sit on a ridge with 180 drop off
exposure from N to South on the east side.  Behind them on the West side are
gently sloping climbing terrain that locally peaks about 250 ft higher than
the towers.

 

 

I have 25 acres of land with beverages in all directions and antenna/cables
covering about 6 acres (excluding the beverage footprint).

 

 

In 12 years, I have definitively recorded 2 strikes on the towers but
probably 10 proximity strikes that have either been seen or created some
kind of induced energy damage to switches.

 

 

Its part of the game.

 

 

Ed  N1UR

 

 

 

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