My Dad used to have a small tower for his TV antenna. One Christmas we strung Christmas lights up the thing and they got left there for a couple years. All the coloring wore off, leaving bare bulbs (the old outdoor size of years ago). The tower took a direct hit one summer. Every one of the bulbs ended up with a burned out filament and a large black spot on the inside of the glass. The antennas were fine, TV was fine, but the scanner (with antenna on the tower) didn't make it. Took all summer for the grass to start growing again under the tower.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: Jesse Lloyd To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Direct Strike Lightning Detector We've followed the polyphasor book to the best that we can, using 3" copper strap everywhere, single point ground, etc, etc. I'm reasonably confident that if it does get hit we won't know. I'd just like something simple to indicate that all our efforts were worth it (so I can say to the boss "we got hit and everything survived, told you so"). From reading some specs and documentation on tower leg mounted strike counters I think the fuse idea might work. So far I haven't seen any "that won't work's" float by in the threat, so thats something I suppose. Jesse
