Title: Some Lightning info Post by: Tom WA3KLR on June 05, 2007, 12:29:08 PM Example - Cool Lightning Facts AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
* Most lightning strikes average 2 to 3 miles long and carry a current of 10000 Amps at 100 million Volts! * Lightning temperatures can reach 30,000 degrees Celsius! Five times hotter than the sun! The following links on Lightning were pointed out in the latest e-mail issue of Interference Technology June 2007: http://www.nexteklightning.com/enews/coolfacts.htm http://www.uic.edu/labs/lightninginjury/ltnfacts.htm |