Tom Donaly wrote:
"There`s no such thing as a clear-skycharged-particle problem, either in
the Arizona desert or anywhere else."

I believe there is from countless observations at AM broadcast stations
I`ve worked in over a period of many years.

The insulators used to break up the guy-wires flash over with "bangs" on
certain clear windy days. This might be no problem except it becomes so
severe at times that it overloads the transmitter, taking it off the air
momentarily.

Flash-overs of the guy insulators occurs in S.E. Texas where the
humidity is often very high by most standards. Each guy has many
insulators in its length and double insulators at the guy attachment
point to the tower.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI