[Antennas] Dumb question?

[Doug Renwick]

Can somebody prove that the presence of a porcupine has a negative
effect on lightning protection?  If there is no negative effect, then
what harm is there in having a porcupine, which might have a positive
effect, other than hurting somebody's ego?

Doug 

I'll run the race and I will never be the same again. 

-----Original Message-----
From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Aycock
Sent: May 17, 2009 5:44 PM
To: antennas at mailman.qth.net; bonddaleena at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Dumb question?

Ron-
Prepare for strong differences of opinion. Many will say that charge 
dissipation is a myth, and many will say it works. I tend to be on the
'it 
works' side, based on experience working for 38 years in a Rocket fuel
plant 
where all buildings were made to Army Ordnance standards. These
standards 
include "Uffer" grounds and pointed rods above.
In that time, we only had one lightning induced fire, and that was 
attributed to a painting crew having disconnected the overhead system,
and 
not re-connecting it.
Bill-W4BSG