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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:59:16 -0400
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I've actually seen one, it's amazing it actually works when you see one.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:23 AM
Subject: Bleeding Clouds


>I have a friend who is a chief engineer for a local A M broadcast station.
> West of Denver is a high broad hill where loads and loads of commercial
> antennad and towers are located.  The stations FM tower and antenna is up
> there on Look Out Mountain, it is called.  He told me they have large
> circuitboard like things, with probes sticking out a few inches, which
> literally bleed clouds of voltage charges.  They have volt meters on them
> and you can literally read the bleed off voltage.  A Boulder Colorado
> company that makes these claims it will help eliminate direct lightning
> strikes and they are commonly used on many broadcast towers.  Pretty
> interesting.
>
> Phil.
> [log in to unmask] 

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