With 26 years experience in USAF communications and even more in commercial broadcasting, I disconnect all wire inputs to my station's components when the threat of thunderstorms arises. If planned well, this is easy to accomplish. I have made significant money repairing commercial broadcast transmitters which were installed properly but still suffered damage during direct hits to their antennas. That damage was very rare, but still occurred.
I disconnect my DSL router's wall wart and phone line inputs along with antenna, rotator control, and other cables that enter through the single point protected/bonded/grounded panel. That has worked every time! If lightning comes within ten miles, I disconnect. If away from home, all my valuable electronics are disconnected. I do the same for snow storms which with blowing wind also generate significant static electricity. Why take the chance? If I were to run a remote system, like my race car, I would be ready to walk away from either in spite of taking appropriate preventive measures and accept the loss. 73, Bill, K8TE -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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
