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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] spider balls.. they work |
From: | Norman Hockler <norsan@bright.net> |
Date: | Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:13:32 -0400 |
List-post: | <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com> |
Ok, here is what I have observed. In the 40's as a teenager I was crew on a wooden 100 ft sailing ship every summer for 8 years. We saw St. Elmos fire all the time. It would shoot out from the spar ends and screw or bolt ends. About the 3rd or 4th year the owner bought some spider balls ( they were called spline balls.) and they were installed on the mast head of the fore and main masts. The result was most of the St Elmo fire was dissipated by them and very little could be observed from the spar ends. Would this result in lowering the likely hood of a lightning strike on my tower...... who knows.... but it did move most of the discharges to the "sharp pointy spline balls" Norm Hockler N8NH _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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