There is a "cone of protection", they say, around a high point with an angle
of 45 degrees. I wouldn't tempt it myself. However, I'm near the base of a
1900' peak and I've watched lightning hit the peak, but have never seen
lightning anywhere near the area surrounding the peak. I believe in the
theory, but still...
Eric
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From: Nick Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Paul Bruneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] MY SECOND K2
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:41:15 +0100
Paul Bruneau wrote:
You might be right, but I'd like to understand why - it sounds like you'd
be making an almost ideal lightning target :-)
I think it's already a target, being a conductor in the sky and all, and
[...]
That's how I think of it, but having said all that, I'm in a nice low area
that never ever gets struck, so I don't worry about it.
I remember operating VHF, hearing a thunderstorm in the distance and
thinking it was time I shut down, and just before ending my QSO, realising
I was chatting to a chap who's QTH was in Guildford - the direction of the
oncoming thunderstorm. "Aren't you shutting down? That thunderstorm must be
almost on top of you?", "Oh it's all around me, but I've got Guildford
Cathedral almost outside my window and a few hundred feet above me, so I
figure it's gonna get hit and I'm not!". Nutter! :-)
--
"Nosey" Nick Waterman, Senior Sysadmin.
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If you wait, it will go away. (Hellrung's Rule)
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