Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23651 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2001 17:38:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 2 Jul 2001 17:38:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 14438 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2001 17:37:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 2 Jul 2001 17:37:35 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15H7Wk-0005uL-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 18:30:26 +0100 Received: from tungsten.btinternet.com ([194.73.73.81]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15H7Wh-0005uG-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 18:30:23 +0100 Received: from [62.7.116.28] (helo=default) by tungsten.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #9) id 15H7Vx-0000bf-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 18:29:38 +0100 Message-ID: <004b01c1031c$50bfcfc0$1c74073e@default> From: "Alan Melia" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Re: More on lightning Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 16:25:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Hi Think BIG mike....tell them that they will all be in the 'cone of protection' if you could put up a 50m mast (most UK citizens dont know how big a metre is anyway). There hasn't been a strike within half a mile of here in 10 years....mind you the Elephant Deterant Powder is working well too!! Cheers de Alan G3NYK Alan.Melia@btinternet.com -----Original Message----- From: Mike Dennison To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: 02 July 2001 12:49 Subject: LF: More on lightning > Does this mean that my earthed mast (earthed to stakes, not mains) acted as a lightning conductor and protected my TV antenna several metres below it? > > The conclusion of this is obvious. I must persuade my neighbours that they would be better protected from lightning if they all had 15m masts in their gardens, and had them all joined up with wires to my mast to make a large Faraday screen. Well, I can dream!