It was a really big lightning storm, and we didn't see direct hits except for
our tower site. But proximity to lightning seems to take out antennnas. About
a year ago, I was at a customers house with one other engineer. Lightning
struck a tree about 300 ft from the house. The customers antenna ceased to
work, as did his router, and his phone system in his house which was not
connected in any way besides ac power.
So.. without actually having a direct hit, panels can be effected. And yes, we
had at least 15 antennas that we had to swap out because they no longer
functioned. Good thing insurance is picking some of it up.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hrbek [mailto:bhrbek@jagwireless.com]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:02 AM
To: Karlnet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Karlnet] Lightning?
You actually took hits to 15 panel antennas on buildings?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Henckel" <andy@multibandcom.com>
To: <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:05 AM
Subject: [Karlnet] Lightning?
> Hello all,
>
> We recently experienced a single day of lightning storms in that wiped out
15 customer antenna's and one tower site that had a lightning rod and omni.
Yes.. I hear that it was a brutal scramble to swap out dead panels,
unfortunately I am 200 miles away and unable to do much from here. So I
thought I would ask if any of you have helpful insights or time tested
methods for grounding. This would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Henckel
> ----------------------------------------
> Multiband Communications
> andy@multiband.cc
> (406)580-9383
>
>
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