[EIDXA] Fwd: A query about the far past

[Tom]

let me try again..    Can anyone help Tom??



From: 
"Tom Kramer" <tkramer at azci.net>
  To: 
wb8zrl at arrl.net
  Date: 
Thu Feb 19 18:41:41 2015
   
Hello Tom,
 
I was just reading your EIDXA newsletter,  quite a production.  Seems like 
Kirkwood should just re-name the Amana room to the EIDXA room!
 
As like most of us, my memory tends to get a little fuzzy over time.  I seem 
to recall that at one of our club meetings we had a talk by a U of IA 
professor about using tall towers as a lightning prevention system at 
Cape Canaveral.  One thing I think I remember is his statement that a 
properly installed tower can provide some lightning protection for a radial 
distance 10 times the height of the tower.
 
Do you recall this or can you canvas the members and find what they 
remember?  Even better would be the name of the professor so I can 
look on line and see if I can find his research.  I will appreciate it.
 
When the subject of ham towers comes up I use this as an argument in 
favor of allowing such structures.  The few times back we tried to get 
something through the state legislature to allow towers, but the HOA 
lobbyists and one state senator in particular managed to block it every 
time.  Of course I don’t think the amateur representatives put forth a very 
good argument either.
 
Always nice to hear a few of you on the air from time to time.  I am 
scheduled to go on another DXpedition in March to a location in NE Africa 
( sorry an official announcement hasn’t been made) so I will be sure to 
listen for you fellows.
 
73 Tom NQ7R
Casa Grande