David is correct. We bought all those towers several years ago. There are
only a handful in the country of the long-lines still in use. But they did
not work. Ground ring and bonding does. I took a direct hit on a vertical
while talking on the radio last year. My neighbors found pieces all over
the block of the antenna but the radio still works till this day. The
local hams now believe me when it comes to grounding.
73 Dave n4zkf
CC-Cluster node: 145.07 Mhz. or telnet://ccc.n4zkf.com:7373
N4ZKF/R 147.375 Mhz. Tone 103.5
On 5/18/17, 6:29 AM, "TowerTalk on behalf of David Robbins"
<towertalk-bounces@contesting.com on behalf of k1ttt@verizon.net> wrote:
>Those lightning porcupine things have been totally debunked, they do not
>do
>what is claimed and are not a substitute for proper grounding and bonding
>which is the real lightning protection for your equipment!
>
>David Robbins K1TTT
>e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
>AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>john@kk9a.com
>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 02:04
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] lightning protection at towers and bunkers on
>former AT&T microwave relay sites
>
>I would not rely on this system to protect my station.
>
>John KK9A
>
>
>To: "towertalk@contesting.com"
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] lightning protection at towers and bunkers
>on former AT&T microwave relay sites
>From: Bob Matthews kt3rr
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 00:10:17 +0000 (UTC)
>
>Not from AT&T but worth watching. Lightning Protection Systems.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYILAHIx2lk
>
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