Most of the Sat gear is well protected from Lightning. Infact all the
equipment up there will be well protected. Its cheaper to replace an
arrester than $100,000 worth of hardware :) . I have seen LMR900 Bend into a
ball of melted copper with a non direct hit. Blew the N-Connector 2 cm into
a concrete wall!. I have some good Docs on lightning protection for WLAN
equipment . Theory applies to any RF equipment .
Best Regards
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Matthew G Brown
Tasman Solutions LTD
Wireless Network Specialist
DDI: +64 3 543 9092
http://www.tasman.net
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From: "Dylan Reeve"
...is what happened to ihug's Starnet/Satnet/Ultra gear the last time (I remember) lightning hitting the sky tower. There were also photos of the strike.
Last night I saw 6 lightning strikes on the tower (including a REALLY big one) over about 30 minutes, but I haven't heard of anything being fried. And there don't seem to be any photos.
Anyone know of any damage this time or have any photographic evidence of the strikes?
(This is my not-quite-so-off-topic way of saying "anyone seen any photos or heard of anything melting?")
-- Dylan Reeve - dylan(a)wibble.net It's just not cricket.
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