If they could make them look like that new then maybe the lightning could be fooled to leave it alone.
could that work? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leon D. Zetekoff" <wa4...@backwoodswireless.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hamvention > On 05/16/2010 07:08 PM, RickG wrote: >> I'm sorry Bob! I was slacking all night on a water tank after it took >> a direct hit. Picture of omni attached. Even with LP in place, it >> melted the cabling down to the enclosure and burned up everything in >> it! I got it back up & running by dropping temporary cables down the >> side of the tower. A dozen man hours later - it's all new. Maybe next >> year! >> > We had a multi-band comet VHF/UHF for our club repeater on the top of a > 10 story building in Coral Springs a number of years ago and it got > blown apart similarly. They work good but explode like that when hit. > > Leon > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/