It should not be true, but whoever told you that appears not to understand lightning and bonding. Study what W8JI, W4TV, Jim Lux, and I have written about grounding. If you do that, you should not have a problem.
73, Jim Brown K9YC On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:02:34 -0500, Bud Morin wrote: >I hope this isn't true. Which end of the cable? For over a year I've >never disconnected it. I'm too old to reach around, under, or over the >shelves to try disconnecting and all that is involved in that. >On 7/19/2010 6:08 AM, Pete Smith wrote: >> Elecraft advised >> me always to disconnect any cable from the RS-232 port on my K3 when not >> in use, from which I inferred fragility. >73, >Bud, K9ZT >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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