I think I would be more upset about losing the refrigerator, 4 tv’s, phones, 4 surveillance cameras, more than possibly losing a ham transceiver -.but that's just me.
sorry for your loss...hope you have casualty insurance Larry k5ear -----Original Message----- From: Gayle Dotts via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: Gayle Dotts <gayle.do...@gmail.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 7:53 am Subject: [BVARC] Lightning Strike I’ve got a beach house in Gulf Shores Alabama. Last week it had a direct hit to the house by lightning, tookout the refrigerator, 4 tv’s, phones, 4 surveillance cameras and muchmore. Luckily It had no radio gear orantennas there…which brings me to here… My NOW attempt to layer my radio shack for protection againstlightning. Like unplug radio, power andcables, ground radio chassis. I’ve have heardan antenna doesn’t get hit as such untilyou ground it at which time it becomes a lightning rod and as such now attractslightning, so don’t worry about the tower as much as the lines coming in. Is this correct? Sorry for being so chit-chatty guys but thisis a real concern that got personal with the lightning. I don’t have much protection at all except a copperrod outside my window with the radio chassis grounded there. I guess I need to add more protection. I have watched you guys at field day just ground the line, I thought, coming off the antenna in to the radio area, was there more I didn't see? _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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