[BC] More thoughts about AM transmitter lightning sensitivity issue

[Tom]

Sidebar -

Seems there was this lady who claimed her dog was psychic... he'd bark 
every time the phone was about to ring.

Seems the dog had one of those metal choker collars fastened with chain 
to...

the cold-water garden-hose bib.  guess what else was connected to that 
point...

The phone company ground.  Various versions abound, but somehow the hose 
bib connection became not-ground - and the first ring, the dog jot a 
jolt - which caused him to bark.  The second jolt resulted in liquid 
being dispensed in the general area of the ground as well as a second 
bark.  the liquid allowed the system to function normally (circuit not 
completed through Fido), and the phone would then ring.



Mike McCarthy wrote:
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> Additionally, very old electrodes can also be sitting within a column 
> of insulating materials from years of current conduction turning the 
> soil into something other than soil.  I recall a story from a phone CO 
> which started having increased reports of damage from storms and 
> unexplainable issues with hum, DC offset, and a plethora of other 
> phenomena. They unearthed the ground system and found it surrounded by 
> 6" of crystalline powder.  All the current flow from the CO altered 
> the PH of the soil so much that there wasn't anything left to give and 
> the ground simply crystallized towards a sand composition.  The same 
> was true of the electrical service ground as well.  They replaced the 
> system and all was well again. 
-- 
Tom Spencer
PG-18-25453 (nee' P1-18-48841)
http://radioxtz.com/
Part 15 transmitters on AM 640 and FM 100.1