Thanks--I'll look into this. Our line is buried to the house and the
nearest overhead is approximately 400 feet from the tower.
Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD" <rudym@net-link.net>;
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 14:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Took a hit Sunday--what to do?
> At 02:12 PM 8/8/02 -0400, Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD wrote:
> >What can I put on the service to shunt lightning to ground? Do the
> >electricians have something? The neighbor says they saw the bolt hit the
> >top of my mast. Maybe I got pulsed from farther down the line and my
> >ground system worked fine?
>
>
> More than likely the hit to your mast caused induced voltages of a few
> hundred volts on your nearby AC service, particularly if it is above
> ground. Most power companies can now provide a whole-house surge
> suppressor placed right at (maybe under) your meter to stop the worst of
> this. Ours rents this big critter to us for ~4 bux a month.
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> Check out the World HF
> Contest Station Database at
> www.pvrc.org
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