They are supposed to prevent lightning hits. Just think about this though,
if porcupines dissipated enough charge to prevent lightning why would
lightning EVER hit a pine tree that has many more sharp points on it, let
alone anywhere near a huge pine forest!
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8fu@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 19:01
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Porqupines
>
> Whiles we're on the subject of lightning......................I notice
> when
> I'm in Fl all of the ag and weigh stations have what I believe are called
> proqupines affixed to all of their radio twrs. Some as many as 6 or 8,
> What's up
> with that ??
>
> Froggy...........................K8FU
> If CW is Outlawed....................Only Outlaws Will Have Keyers....
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