off list.... because it isn't on topic. An old retired friend worked in Telcom for decades (including the shore station that AT&T had in Florida to connect to their subscribers in the Caribbean... He mentioned that the really LONG underground fiber links across the country (down 6-8 feet) attract lightning like crazy.. where lightning is hunting for the steel wire down the middle of the bundle that is used to find the line if there is a problem. Well, lightning finds it a LOT.. and causes a whole bunch of HOT in one spot that typically microshatters bout 1/2 mile of fiber in each direction.. or at least used to. no idea if the ZOT! on the steel wire damaged equipment at either end.. but it was a big problem.
. KK4QDZ - Now with Extra Class Priv's, and a tiny KX3 to enjoy them! From: Elecraft K3 <k...@hollywoodtitle.com> To: p...@tippete.net Cc: Elecraft Reflector <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Unplugging the radio to protect it Hmm, this thread has got me wondering if a fiber optics telecom/tv/internet link provides some degree of protection against distant lightning strikes. Seems like it should. 73 de Eric, KG6MZS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to billblomg...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com