[Antennas] Unused resonant antennas - shorted to ground or floating?

Fri Dec 25 09:35:26 EST 2009

> /*snip*/ them, and just maybe it would attract a lightning bolt that was trying to
> decide between the active antennas and that piece of metal sticking up in
> the air that ISN'T connected to my rig.

 An ungrounded insulated tower is not likely to attract lightning, grounding it allows electrons 
or holes to run onto it and increase the potential difference between it and the cloud above it. 
(the electrons or holes travel in the earth (dirt and water) under moving charged clouds)
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