[Antennas] (no subject)

Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:04:14 -0400

Ron:

Jerry is right.  All the weigh Stations along I-75 in Florida have 
those.  The scales have been hit by lightning so many times in the past, an 
engineer came up with this solution.  The height and distance from the 
scale gives a "cone of protection" to the scales, radios, and other 
sensitive electronic equipment.  I've never seen it, but have been told 
that right before certain storms there is a lot of St. Elmos fire activity 
around the "umbrellas."

One of the trunked radio sites in Charlotte County also has similar devices 
to protect it.  I'm told the third strike was two too many. :-)

73 from a Lee County resident, Mike kf4fdj

At 11:20 AM 6/29/2002 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>I have a question for all you guys.....
>I am in the process of moving to Florida from Kentucky. On I-75, there is a
>weigh station in Georiga, just before you enter Florida (both north and south
>bound). There is a very strange looking antenna (?) in both spots. It is on
>it's own aluminun support pole, about 10-15' higher than the multitude of
>overhead lights. If you are familiar with a "Traffie Hex Beam", it looks like
>that. Only thing is it's upside down, and it has more supports and a lot more
>wire. It is NOT a light. It looks like an umbrella that had the fabric
>removed. I would estimate it's diameter at 6 to 8'.
>Amybody else seen one?
>I will take a pictue of it next trip.....sure got my curiosity up.
>
>tnx
>
>ron
>N4UE
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