You don't have to receive a direct hit to have issues. Last year, I had an Armstrong Dipole made of two 80 meter hamsticks 20 feet up on 4 inch PVC drain pipe right next to the house. My ham equipment was turned off and I was using the computer instead, sitting at the same position. There was a lightning strike close by but not directly. Just as I saw the flash outside I heard a loud snap in my station monitor. After the storm I tested my equipment and it was working well. A few days later my transmit / receive relay became intermittant in the receive position, which required cleaning of the relay contacts.
I believe that what I experienced was an "induced" Voltage and not any kind of direct hit. I now disconnect the antenna cable if not in use. John, KI5HOC On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:29 PM gmuller12103 via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Lived in Houston for 27 yrs and have a 2 mtr on the roof and beam up 45 to > 50 ft and never had a lightning 🌩 strike. > > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Mike Lambert via BVARC <[email protected]> > Date: 5/25/21 10:35 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > Cc: Mike Lambert <[email protected]> > Subject: [BVARC] roof antenna lightning strikes > > How common are home roof antenna (12 foot or less) lightning strikes in > Houston? > > How many BVARC folks have had a lightning strike on their radio (or TV) > antenna (elevation 12 foot or less) on their roof? > > Is this a Stir-Crazy Net subject? > > Thanks, > > Mike > KI5MIK > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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