I dont expect anything to survive a direct hit. I've had dozens of these on towers since 2004 and this is the first one to get it. Not too bad!
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: > You can't use a fiberglass omni at the top of a tower and expect it to > survive a strike unless it has a copper groundrod built inside of it > protruding from the top in which it was designed to take a strike. Learned > this from various HAM radio operators. Only 2.4ghz omni I know of that has a > metal frame and can survive direct strikes are slotted waveguides such as > the various H-POL omni's you see. If I'm going to use a VPOL omni I make > sure I'm not the tallest guy on the tower. > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 11:16 PM > To: wa4...@arrl.net; WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hamvention > > Ya, the pop (pun intended:) is growing so hopefully it gets sectors soon! > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Leon D. Zetekoff > <wa4...@backwoodswireless.net> wrote: >> On 05/16/2010 07:08 PM, RickG wrote: >>> I'm sorry Bob! I was slacking all night on a water tank after it took >>> a direct hit. Picture of omni attached. Even with LP in place, it >>> melted the cabling down to the enclosure and burned up everything in >>> it! I got it back up & running by dropping temporary cables down the >>> side of the tower. A dozen man hours later - it's all new. Maybe next >>> year! >>> >> We had a multi-band comet VHF/UHF for our club repeater on the top of a >> 10 story building in Coral Springs a number of years ago and it got >> blown apart similarly. They work good but explode like that when hit. >> >> Leon >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
