Actually, you can do that. It's a novelty but people use them in their attics.
It's what they used them for in Vn.

Hell, all the ones I have seen lately are made of plastic, or at least plastic coated.
Well, yeah, there is that .

We've been having - and are scheduled to get - thunderstorms through the weekend with lots of lightning. I ain't sticking a 17' vertical up in that! I have no lightning protection yet. The end-fed random in NVIS, maybe. I will definitely SWR tho.
Cleated shoes, (If they still use metal ) .
You'll be grounded, it'll be fine.
Ben Franklin did it, are you a wuss ?
