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Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs

To: "Ken" <wa8jxm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs
From: "Bill Fikis" <w2ay@atmc.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:33:45 -0500
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>  Ken,  Google  Ufer  ground........Bill  /  w2ay
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> From: "Ken" <wa8jxm@gmail.com>
> To: "David Gilbert" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs
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>>
>> On Dec 22, 2011, at 2:18 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>> I put up an An Wireless HD-70 tower and exothermically welded some
>>> ground wires to the base section before it was embedded in the concrete,
>>> figuring that down there (roughly four feet below the surface of the
>>> concrete)
>>
>>
>> Poor choice AFAIK.   My understanding is that if the tower gets takes a
>> heavy hit by lightning, the wire could vaporize and crack the concrete.
>>
>> Ken WA8JXM
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