Why would lightning avoid striking a grounded tower? John KK9A
Richard Fjeld rpfjeld at outlook.com I'm trying to avoid taking anyone's side on this discussion. I wanted to say that I worked for a company that had towers throughout the state which were several hundred feet tall. Over the years, I only saw one that took a hit. The company was so certain their grounding specs had not been followed, that they made the contractor dig up the entire grounding layout. It revealed the specs had not been followed. Certain radio and TV services need to operate 24/7 and can't shut down when lightening threatens. Their grounding methods apparently prevent the towers from being hit . Rich, n0ce ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
