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Re: Wireless bridge

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Adams)
Thu Jun 18 17:14:30 2009

Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:13:41 -0500
From: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Once upon a time, Peter Boone <NANOG@Aquillar.com> said:
> I'll double check
> grounding on the poles but I'm somewhat afraid to turn it into a lightning
> rod.

If it is a high point on a roof, it is a lightning rod already.  You
ground the antenna and mount to give the lightning a better path to
ground than running through your coax and equipment.

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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