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Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Grounding...
From: "Mitchell, Dennis C" <dmitchell@alionscience.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:58:20 +0000
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Why would anyone want to "ground" a tower thru cement?
If the cement is "wet", lightning will conduct thru it, blow it to bits if it's 
a large strike, and your tower will float away to Jupiter.
If the cement is "dry", lightning will see it as just a little lossy insulator, 
blow it to bits if it's a large strike, and your tower will float away to Mars.
Your only hope is not to use cement..., and hope it stays in Earth.

Mitch Mitchell - K8UR

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