A most interesting statement. Here in the upper midwest where we have plenty of summer lightning, it was quite common to install lightning rods on barns and houses. The wire they used for grounding the rods was loosely braided copper about 3/4 inch in diameter. Go figure.
David Christ At 11:44 PM -0500 2/24/10, Steve Ellington wrote: >Speaking of lightning grounds. MFJ says use soild wire or flat copper for >ground wire and never use stranded or braided wire. They claim the latter >has high impedance to lightning. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
