"AndyS" wrote in message
ps.com...

*** The main reason for the question is my wife's opinion of acceptable
adornment for the exterior of our new house...... She doesn't share
my fascination with "electronical stuff" as an art form...

Ahhh, well. That changes things. A wire antenna is practically invisible,
but you wouldn't want it in the attic where it could attract lightning
inside the house.

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xpyttl wrote:
Ahhh, well. That changes things. A wire antenna is practically invisible,
but you wouldn't want it in the attic where it could attract lightning
inside the house.

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Andy comments:
Well, the difference between being "practically invisible" and
being
pre-emminent in grotesqueness to my wife is "practically negligible"
(grin).

I'm not certain that an antenna "attracts" lightning. It probably
makes
little difference between hitting an outside antenna, running in the
feedline, and burning down the house VERSUS going thru a layer
of asphalt shingles and doing the same thing...... but I can see where
you're coming from.....

However, in Eureka we don't usually have problems with lightning
because the tornado usually blows the antenna away before the
lightning strikes......

Andy W4OAH in Eureka, Texas