[Lowfer] Causes, Lightning/ESD problem.

[KD7JYK]

Three things I can think of off the top of my head.  Lack of humidity, it
hovers between 25 - 35%, lots of silica in the earth and winds in excess of
100 MPH at times and regularly between 25 - 50 MPH.  Many is the time weekly
I see birds blowing sideways faster than I am driving, usually 45 - 50 on
that seciton of road.

I am looking primarily to bleed off opposing charges rather than provide a
striking point but should a strike occur, the point needs to handle it.  I
am grounding and providing protectors on some of my equipment in the
meantime, I may set up one tower with a chimney brush on top and see what
happens, in fact I'll put it on the mast in the photos I posted, that would
be a good test.

I bought some lighting prevention/protection parts this afternoon, I'll
upload a photo when I get those assembled.

Kurt

----- Original Message -----
From: DTX <dtx@wood.tzo.com>

> All I can say is, WOW!  What makes it so bad in your area?  Dryness?  High
> elevation and rocky ground?