[TowerTalk] Hazards of low soil conductivity

[David Gilbert]

That sounds like an urban legend.  A Google search for "Congo fatal 
static charge" comes up with not a single reference.  The physics of the 
idea doesn't make sense to me either.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 1/9/2022 12:44 PM, lstoskopf at cox.net wrote:
> We've seen talks of measuring soil conductivity on this and the LF lists.  There is a guy in my church who does a lot of mission work in Africa and runs a small ag mfg business.  Also a company building soil measurements for basically ag use:  Veris Technology.  A quick chat today:
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> Supposedly in some parts of the Congo have highly non-conductive soils, hot dry weather, etc.  Can build up major charges at times that people walking across the rocks occasionally get fatal discharges.  Pretty hostile places.
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> N0UU
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