It does leak charge. You can actually put a mA meter in line with one during t storms and watch the current build. Then you hear the thunder and all the current goes away for awhile. I have heard the corona discharge build off of pointy things when on a mountain top comm site during a storm. I got stranded up there for a while when a coworker took the truck and made some kind of part/food/poop run. I crouched/balanced on top of a playmate lunch box during the worst of it.
You could watch the strikes in the valley floor and they were coming right at me. But nothing hit the site. Storm passed over and coworker came back. From: AF [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 4:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Antenna identity It's supposed to prevent lightning strikes. Whether or how it works is beyond me. Some kind of space magic I assume. On 11/20/2020 5:15 PM, Christopher Tyler wrote: Can anyone tell me what the heck this antenna is?
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