Thanks for the feedback Dave! It's an interesting topic, and as you say some are luckier than others, with lightning and ground conductivity.
Hope you find a nice 10 acre lot, on the edge of a nice salt flat (or with an ocean view). I'm laying out 80M radials this summer. The K2 and I have a title to defend now. Cheers, Julius n2wn k2/100 #3311 --- "David F. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julius, > > good question... > > J F wrote: > > >Hi Dave, > > > >Just out of curiousity, did you consider the tower > >base safe after that experience, from a mechanical > >standpoint? > > > > > At first no. not until it was surveyed my a licensed > mechanical and > electrical engineer team; they used some sort of > fancy equipment to see > what was up; it was only damaged at the site that I > described, and had > no structural issues according to them. > > I admit, I was plenty worried about what I couldn't > see, but they had > something like sonar or radar (I don't recall if it > was RF or sonic, but > it saw reflections from surface interfaces, and was > quite clear. > > >What you describe for your system seems like a lot > >more than a 10' length of wire set in concrete. > > > It is indeed far far more than 10' of wire set in > concrete, which I > would hardly call a Ufer ground. > > > We have this type of construction in our facility > and as > >you say it is expensive and requires proper > >installation (sadly, that can be an iffy > proposition). > >We haven't had any lightning strike issues for a > large > >installation on the highest point of the county. > > > > > Some people are luckier than others, and some areas > get more lightning > storms than others; we are not far from some famous > tornado alleys, so > we have plenty of them. > > >73, > >Julius > >n2wn > > > > > 73 de Dave, W5SV > > -- > David F. Reed - W5SV - cell: 512 585-1057 > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
