On 10/9/2013 5:59 PM, Keith Dutson wrote:
The goal is to conduct as many electrons as possible, flowing from a
lightning strike, away from the tower. IOW, spread them to a location that
can accept them into the earth. This lowers the possibility that they will
go somewhere else, such as down a coax cable to the shack. So, it stands to
reason that one would want to use the most conductive material possible.
Amoung conductors, gold is best, followed by silver.
Ahhh...Gold is not the best conductor compared to Silver
*Gold*: 2.24: Copper: 1.724: *Silver*: 1.59:
So both copper and silver are better conductors than gold with silver
being almost twice as good as gold. Gold OTOH is tarnish resistant and
is almost like a lubricant on contacts
Silver easily corrodes and copper is not far behind.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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