Hi, Info about Lightning Rod marconi garantito

[icedgold10]

Now folks I guarantee ya that you don’t need to have five (5) metallic projections on a lightning rod …… just to insure that iffen the bolt of lightning misses the center post it will surely hit one of the other four (4) laterally protruding posts.

But, if you assume it was a “catch-all” lightning rod …… then it’s a bad design because those four (4) laterally protruding posts should have been evenly spaced around the center post and not just on one side of it.

Me thinks it’s a directional antenna that can be rotated toward the source of the incoming radio frequency. Which is absolutely necessary if mounted on a ship/boat.

Good work Cogar!!!!  I had no clue what it was.

[KC]

Yep Mart, and in that bottom picture can't tell if those are bolts or are places where other projections went at one time!  Any ideas?

[Ipcress]

Micaela didn't reply to the last item i helped them with but they should contact the Marconi museum.


Whatever this is, there will plenty of people interested in buying it. Could be worth a couple of thousand.

[cogar]

A true lightning rod has to have a means of affixing it to a solid base as well as well as a means of connecting a copper “ground” wire to it otherwise it would serve no purpose other than for intentionally attracting a lightning strike. Like a golfer holding his #3 iron straight up in the air during a thunder storm.

Now I’m pretty sure that if Micaela carefully measures the length of those 5 projections they will all be different in length. Like the picture of this police car with eight [8] different antennas  affixed to it.

[KC]

Fixed your photo for you cogar.  Wasn't showing up!

[mart]

http://www.wb6nvh.com/CHP/CVANT2010.jpg

See if this one works !!

[mart]

Ooops,, No it says "access forbidden" !!

[micaela]

Hi, The item is simetrical. But lost some tips. the tips are to thread to be able to change them. For this you see not simetrical. But the item is simetrical. I think lost or some tips were reached by a ray and for that reason they are not.
Regards

[KC]

micaela you really should try that link to the marconi museum to see if they can help you out!  Let us know!