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A simple technique to determine the distance of the lightning strikes using single-station detection is described. The technique is based on ratio of the magnetics field to the electric field generated by the lightning stroke. A wire antenna was used to measure the electric field signals while magnetics loop antenna was used to measure the electromagnetics signal on the thunderstorm days. The LabVIEW software was used as a data logger to measure, analyze and calculate the lightning distance from the apparatus to the lightning stroke. The detection of the lightning activity using the developed system has been compared and validated to the Pekan Lightning Detection System (PLDS).

The lightning strike hazards may be properly managed by using a lightning detector system. In this paper, a system to determine the lightning strike distance from the measuring point was developed and tested. The time-tothunder method was used to determine the strike distance. The technique was implemented using two kinds of sensors, namely, a broadband antenna to detect the electric field, and a microphone to detect the acoustic signal produced when lightning strike to the ground. A simple procedure to find the strike distance (d) was explained. A broadband parallel plate antenna was used to detect the electric field signal. The acoustic signal was detected by a microphone. The arrival time-delay between both signals was used to calculate the strike distance. The LabVIEW 8.5 software was used as a data logger to calculate the distance and to save the data. The lightning distance data were recorded for duration from January 2010 until March 2010 using the developed system. The range of the lightning detection is up to 10 km in radius.

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