Yep, my little brother and I were stacking steel in Austin, TX one summer when the wind got up. The tower was grounded... but the guy-wire he was tensioning wasn't, it was insulated on both ends and knocked him about 10 foot when he reached up and grabbed the come-along... OUCH!!
Mike K5JMP -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John J. Riddell Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:32 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Induced RF on tower and antennas Chuck....been a Ham since 1958 and saw lot's of that over the years ! John VE3AMZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Kelsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Induced RF on tower and antennas > Another ham buddy and I watched as an unconnected PL-259 was arcing between > the center pin and the shell. The coax was connected to a CB antenna on the > roof. The charge was being generated by the wind. If we hadn't seen it, we > wouldn'y have believed it. We didn't touch the connector to see how big a > jolt it would give - we just respected it from that point. > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ralph Mowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:06 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Induced RF on tower and antennas > > > > > > Has anyone ran into RF being induced in the antenna of > > a tower enough to cause a shock ? > > > > The setup is a tower 100 feet tall. On top is a > > Station master cut for the two meter band. There are > > a couple of smaller antennas on the tower. About 25 > > feet away is a 150 foot tower. On it are several > > paging antennas of various types. Around the 100 foot > > level is a 70 mhz antenna. Fellow went up the 100 > > foot tower to unhook the Station master and got a > > very big shock. This hapened twice to him. All the > > power was cut off with the main switch in the shack > > that goes to that tower at the time. There was no > > weather conditions at the time that should have > > induced anything such as lightning within 20 miles. > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
