Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-09-13 Thread Bob McGwier
>> protection, it is still best to follow the above rules. Mike is right, >> repairing after lightning is (at best) a maybe. I have been lucky in being >> able to repair peoples equipment hit by lightning, but I do not recommend >> it. Please Disconnect. >> >> 73, Bruce, W8HW >> ==

Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-09-13 Thread Bob McGwier
Do you have any other FireWire device of any kind? Before you say no, I have backup drives that have "every io": usb2, FireWire, eSata, Bob Sent from my iPad > On Jul 17, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Hunter Ellington via FlexRadio > wrote: > > Lightning hit the shack last evening. Although every

Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-07-18 Thread David R. Wilson
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Walker > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:41 PM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes > > Ouch, that is too bad. > > If you haven't filed a claim on your house insurance, you need t

Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-07-18 Thread w8hw
t: Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes Ouch, that is too bad. If you haven't filed a claim on your house insurance, you need to do that now. They will take care of determining what has failed. At least, that is what I did on a hydro surge. This is why you pay for it. For you 5000, the easiest

Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-07-18 Thread w8hw
able to repair peoples equipment hit by lightning, but I do not recommend it. Please Disconnect. 73, Bruce, W8HW -Original Message- From: Hunter Ellington via FlexRadio Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 7:30 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes Lightnin

Re: [Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-07-17 Thread Michael Walker
Ouch, that is too bad. If you haven't filed a claim on your house insurance, you need to do that now. They will take care of determining what has failed. At least, that is what I did on a hydro surge. This is why you pay for it. For you 5000, the easiest test is to try another computer. Howev

[Flexradio] Lightning Strikes

2014-07-17 Thread Hunter Ellington via FlexRadio
Lightning hit the shack last evening.  Although everything was on surge protectors, spikes came in through the phone line, blew the surge protector and took out my DSL modem.  I further discovered that my computer seems to have lost its Ethernet card, and maybe the Firewire card.  The F5000A tur