On 10/30/2018 9:17 AM, John K9UWA wrote: > So YES a Tower can be protected from damage. When the TV stations and Radio > station towers get hit they don't even go off air. Neither does my Ham > Station.
My firm designs communication sites for the Public Safety and Homeland Security sectors (and any others who are willing to afford us). Our standard tried-and-true site grounding systems require a ground ring buried in conductive concrete in deep trenches. Many ground rods and the leads to protected structures are cad-welded to this ring before the trenches are back-filled with earth. . Inside each equipment enclosure there is a comparable "halo" ground ring with leads to each piece of equipment, as well as entry protectors on every electrical service, communication, and antenna cable coming into the enclosure(s). This system was originally designed and refined by Tom Croda (KB6KBI - SK), a member of our firm who was a nationally-acknowledged expert in power and grounding systems for communication sites. Our clients using this system haven't lost any structures or equipment. On topic - both my CEO and myself are Elecraft users and we haven't lost any of those either. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 VP - General Counsel & Engineering Manager CSI Telecommunications, Inc. - Consulting Engineers San Francisco, CA - Beaverton, OR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
