The following link talks about wind turbine towers but is equally applicable to radio towers. Lots of reading and links included.
Lightning Protection
Lightning Protection
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Good info about grounding.
- Thread starter Captain Kilowatt
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http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This Month in QST/June2017/Chusid-Morgan.pdf
https://www.amateurradiosupplies.com/ham-radio-grounding-lightning-s/73.htm
https://www.w8ji.com/station_ground.htm
http://www.hamuniverse.com/n6jsxSimpleSmartStationGrounding2007.pdf
http://www.bwcelectronics.com/articles/WP30A190.pdf
https://www.amateurradiosupplies.com/ham-radio-grounding-lightning-s/73.htm
https://www.w8ji.com/station_ground.htm
http://www.hamuniverse.com/n6jsxSimpleSmartStationGrounding2007.pdf
http://www.bwcelectronics.com/articles/WP30A190.pdf
thanks Gary. those are all good sites. The link I posted above is over six years old so no wonder it is dead. I'll try and find a good link for it if I can find the original site again. It was very good.
Retired from Microwave radio industry. A great source for useful lightning and grounding is http://gpr-expert.com.
Frank
Frank
Solar City is in the Wayback Machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120206114347/http://www.solacity.com/Lightning.htm
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https://web.archive.org/web/20120206114347/http://www.solacity.com/Lightning.htm
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@ BJ radionut:
June VHF
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.www.arrl.org
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