Bingo! Of course the tower is not immune from lightning. Mine has taken many direct strikes and it has a number of ground rods. The ground system gives it a path that is not though your equipment. Also a single point ground and proper bonding as K9YC mentioned will keep everything at the same potential, minimizing damage.
Back to the Elecraft net John KK9A Nr4c wrote: Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Nov 7, 2017, at 11:58 AM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote: > > 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
