Lightning Master Static Dissipaters lower the exposure to a direct lightning strike by controlling the conditions which trigger direct strike (i. e. they reduce the build-up of static ground charge and retard the formation of the ion "streamers" which complete the path for a lightning strike). The Dissipater employs the point-discharge principle to continually leak off the lightning causing ground potential in low amperages over a long period of time instead of the short duration, high amperage discharge occurring with a lightning strike. This is the same technology from the same manufacturer which is successfully employed to protect commercial broadcast and television towers from direct lightning strikes. This lightweight (5. 2 oz. ) 21" long Dissipater mounts to the masthead and extends vertically above all other masthead equipment. We do not claim that this product is 100% effective in preventing a lightning strike. At the present collective level of understanding of the lightning p