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Re: [TowerTalk] Is lightning hitting the tower..or the yagi's ?

To: Dan Zimmerman N3OX <n3ox@n3ox.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Is lightning hitting the tower..or the yagi's ?
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:18:35 -0700
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Dan Zimmerman N3OX wrote:
>> No, lightning doesn't always hit the highest point.
> 
> 
> This is my favorite example:
> 
> http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001879.jpg
> 
> <http://dayton.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001879.jpg>The surface of
> the shuttle launching pad is about 350 feet below the tip of the lightning
> mast.
> 
>


I like the picture of the lightning bolt hitting the experimental 
"lightning eliminator" (described as "used by NASA" in the mfr's 
literature) on  the gantry.  I see if I can find a link.
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