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Re: [RFI] grounding your ham equipment

To: <rrath@charter.net>, <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] grounding your ham equipment
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:43:29 -0400
List-post: <mailto:rfi@contesting.com>
> I live across the street from a power sub station. My 
> tower and antennas are
> higher than any thing at the sub station. During lightning 
> storms, the sub
> station get hammered with lightning and my tower has been 
> left alone. I
> have lived here for over 15 yrs with no problem. (now that 
> this is all been
> told, the next lightning storm I will have a strike, hi 
> hi) I hope this helps.
> Rod

That's all fine, but a ground won't prevent a tower from 
getting hit. The best ground in the world will make zero 
difference in the number of strikes.

73 Tom 


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