[BC] AM transmitter lightning sensitivity issue

[Thomas G. Osenkowsky]

If you do not allow a charge to build up to
the flashover point then there will be no strike
as the energy has been dissipated to ground
and the potential no longer exists. The same
is true of static electricity. If you walked along
a carpet with your hand wiping along a metal
ground, no charge would be able to build up
and therefore no shock when you touch ground
after walking along.

I opened my mind just long enough to write this.
I will close it again. As they say in Spanish "En
boca cerrada, no entran moscas"

Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE

> Before a thunderstorm arrives, the electric field builds up to many 
> thousands of volts per meter from the ground up into the 
> atmosphere.  If it is not discharged, it can cause VSWR trips (and 
> eventully lightning) long before the thunderstorm arrives.  There is 
> nothing wrong with your antenna system and its ground system.  The 
> transmitter sees a problem and reacts to it properly.
> There is a solution to your problems, but only if you have an open 
> mind. Lightning is not magic or evil witchcraft.