Hi, Rob Fugina: > Ok, you're right, and I'm not really trying to protect myself from a > direct strike. But having a 75m antenna sticking out into my back > yard does seem to be asking for nearby lightning, or overhead > lightning, to induce significant current in that wire -- or am I > wrong?
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