I am going to construct ham radio kites now. Only 39.95 each. Single
color, red. String not included. Tails not included. Ham call printed on
front of kite extra 14.95 plus shipping and handling. Batteries not
included and no, absolutely, no refunds.
Phil.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: How much power in a lightning strike? RE: Lightning Arresters
> Phil asked Ben for an interview and was told to "go fly a kite"=20
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> 73, Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 2:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: How much power in a lightning strike? RE: Lightning =
> Arresters
>
> Phil,
>
> So when you did your lightening paper way back in high school, were you =
> able to interview Ben Franklin regarding his experiments with =
> lightening?
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: How much power in a lightning strike? RE: Lightning =
> Arresters
>
>
>>I did a research paper in high school on lightning and I have watched
>> several lightning specials on satellite channels over the years, plus, =
> as
>> mentioned earlier, I was three feet from a lightning flash over, for =
> what
>> that is worth, but according to one of the articles I read for my =
> research
>> paper, lightning bolts can have up to 1 billion volts and 500 amps of=20
>> power.
>> This generally , according to what I have read, is the extreme high =
> end of
>> the rating but you can be 20 miles distant from a storm and still be=20
>> struck
>> by a lightning bolt. I've also been about 75 feet from a telephone =
> pole
>> that was hit by lightning. One of the problems of being struck seems =
> to=20
>> be
>> if you are carrying an Ipod, a cellphone, or any electronic device =
> based
>> upon the bulk of the research to date. I carry my cell phone with a =
> clip=20
>> on
>> the back of it and clip it to my shirt pocket, instead of a belt clip,
>> because that way I don't keep brushing the phone off my belt when =
> passing
>> too closely to a table or chair. So, in short, if I'm hit, maybe my =
> heart
>> will be the focus of the strike. Ball lightning I have confirmed by =
> two
>> different people. One was a Nebraska farmer who saw lightning strike =
> a
>> tree, roll down to the ground in a ball, and literally roll along the=20
>> ground
>> until it hit a fence post or something sticking up in its way and then
>> exploded as it that was where it hit in the first place. Another =
> farmer
>> friend watched from the house as lightning, in New York, struck the=20
>> ground,
>> bounced 4 and 5 times into the air, and then finally exploded. That's =
>
>> some
>> pretty weird plasma that I don't want to be around when it hits.
>>
>> Phil.
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>> Subject: Re: How much power in a lightning strike? RE: Lightning =
> Arresters
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