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[TowerTalk] N4KG: LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVEY

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Subject: [TowerTalk] N4KG: LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVEY
From: n4kg@juno.com (T. A. Russell)
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 02:17:08 -0600
LIGHTNING  STRIKE  SURVEY

1 -  Have you ever taken a direct hit to either antennas or towers?

2 -  If YES,  was your damage

        MAJOR,     MINOR,    NONE ?

3 - How is your tower grounded?

      Direct burial in ground 

      Concrete base with ground rods (number?   How attached?)

4 - Are your feedlines and rotor/control cables 

      Above ground

      At ground level

      Buried

5 - How do you protect / isolate your radios / rotor control boxes / etc.
?


Thanks for your inputs.

73,   Tom   N4KG

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