Ian White, G3SEK wrote:
The well known and most reliable way to do that is to make the terminal
higher than everything else, so it dominates the local electric field.
But that's still no guarantee that a leader won't come wandering down at
some distance off to the side, and then strike downward or even sideways
from there.

I have antennas, towers, tall trees, and power poles on my
property. Lightning chose to strike a five foot tall Live
Oak tree, killing half of it. The other half is still alive.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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