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Re: [TowerTalk] How far from the house?

To: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How far from the house?
From: Blake Bowers <bbowers@townsqr.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:07:19 -0500
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> If you live where there are potential ice storms you want the tower as 
> far from the house as possible if for only one reason.  Chunks of ice 
> falling off the tower make a lot of noise when they hit the roof over 
> your bedroom and if those ice chunks are large enough they make big 
> holes in your roof and ceiling.
> 

While this is true to a point for a larger tower, it still
has nothing to do with lightning protection, which
was the reason given for moving the tower 25
feet away from the house.



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