To: | Bill Shell <n6ws@charter.net>,Tower Talk List <towertalk@contesting.com> |
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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] Conductive Concrete and Grounding |
From: | Charlie <ad5th@direcway.com> |
Date: | Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:03:53 -0600 |
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I've always heard even from lightning experts that there is little one can
do to stop or even minimize the affects of a direct hit.Charlie Ham Radio - AD5TH www.ad5th.com Live Blues Music www.492acousticblues.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Shell" <n6ws@charter.net> To: "Tower Talk List" <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Conductive Concrete and Grounding In 1966, I lost a tower to a lightning strike. The tower was a 50ft Rohn 25 with three sets of two guys. The tower was grounded an the base with ground rods and heavy guage wire going up about 3-4 ft where it attached to the tower legs. Unfortunately, the strike went down one of the guys, over or through the heavy-duty egg insulators to the guy anchor where it cracked the cement open. The tower, having lost the anchor point for one set of guys, just tipped over into my neighbors yard. _______________________________________________ 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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