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Don White
 
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Default your HF antenna ... insulated backstay, other ?

Larry wrote:
Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
:


I still have the scars from all the RF burns, I have collected over the
years, in both the Marine and Broadcast Industry......




Channel 24, our Fox network station in Charleston, is the highest powered
UHF TV station in SC, 25MW ERP. RF arcing and high voltage flashovers at
the transmitter are MOST impressive....(c;

Good thing the antenna is 2000' above the parking lot....


2000 feet??
That would be higher than the worlds tallest free standing
structure...the CN Tower in Toronto.
http://www.cntower.ca/portal/
Do they hang their antenna from a 'sky hook'?