[BC] AM transmitter lightning sensitivity issue

[Ron Nott]

Our company and others have been marketing these products for more 
than a quarter century and not by the methods that you state.  The 
anecdote outlined below is a matter of true history, not fantasy.

A major point on both systems is that NEITHER has been subjected to 
true scientific testing.  We applied to both the Sandia National Labs 
and the Los Alamos National Labs to do this on a related product.  I 
was shocked to learn that somehow, someone was able to have this 
testing denied.  We are now going to another source for testing, but 
if the word gets out I expect that we will be denied testing by it 
also.  Until true unbiased, honest, scientific testing has been 
performed, all this is hearsay.  Thus far it has been successfully 
prevented.  We can only guess by whom.

In more than 30 years of lightning research, I have never heard of 
any of the failures that you mention.  Can you provide documentation 
for this information?  It would be greatly appreciated.

Concerning the NFPA, you should take a look at the members of the 
lightning protection committee and their employers.  This will tell 
you why they are biased.

Ron Nott

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>>Several years ago, a manufacturer of a multiple point dissipation
>>system applied to NFPA to have their equipment listed.  The NFPA
>>lightning protection committee is composed of representatives of the
>>manufacturers of the NFPA system.  So they denied the listing based
>>on the fact that the multi-point system had not been scientifically
>>tested.  The manufacturer replied by saying that the conventional
>>NFPA system also has not been scientifically tested.  The NFPA
>>committee had to acknowledge that this was true and there was quite a
>>haggle.  However, in the end they continue to endorse the
>>conventional method and deny the multipoint method based on two
>>factors:  Money and petty politics.  To sum up, I suggest that you
>>take info from the Lightning Protection Institute with a big dose of salt.