I've conducted allot of experiments in the past ten years with
porcupine/spline ball lightning rods here in west central Florida, the
lightning capital of the western hemisphere.
For all the sparks and noise that they can produce they do not prevent or
reduce the chance of a lightning strike. I have had a 50 foot steel mast
struck at least once per year during the past ten years.
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Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Lakeland, FL, USA
kn4lf@earthlink.net
KN4LF SWL & Amateur Radio Autobiography: http://www.kn4lf.com
KN4LF QRP DXCC Entity & WAS Totals: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf11.htm
KN4LF Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive:
http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm
New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God:
http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.htm
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