was the switch rated for that kind of serge?
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Lenny McHugh wrote: > Bill, when I was active with ham radio I had one 19 foot vertical antenna on > my roof, perfect lightning rod. I had a good quality grounding switch. It > was a two position switch. In position one the antenna was connect to a 10 > gage wire that wend directly to a ground rod. Position two the antenna was > connected to my radio. I became lazy and did not want to connect and > disconnect an antenna every time I wanted to use the radio. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Stephan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:11 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] antenna question > > > I'm really curious about this. I've heard lightning warnings from a lot of > sources, and yes we do have some really spectacular storms, we Saturday > morning with serious lightning, 80 mph winds then a dramatic drop in temps > and snow and freezing rain. Is a wire antenna more attractive to lightning > than say your barbecue grill? I'm just asking here, and fortunately I did > have the radio disconnected during the storm. > > > > > Bill Stephan, > Kansas City MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > -original message- > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] antenna question > From: cheetah <[email protected]> > Date: 12/31/2008 10:51 > > hi well now you have your new radio running and your new long wire out there > on the fence. > remember > you need to unhook that wire come spring time when ever a storm is in the > area. > believe me you do not want to see the lightning in your house. > it is loud, smoky and tends to throw little pieces of radio or in my case > computer all over the room. > it majorly sucks > Jim > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 3726 (20081231) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > >
