I got hit by lightning about 20 years ago. I filed with my homeowners policy. At the time I had zero lightning protection. Since well insulated with arrestors and ground rods at both ends. No problems since and hope nothing ever happens again.
I did use ARRL insurance when I first joined and decided not to duplicate coverage as only one can pay. 73...bruce Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2021, at 3:55 PM, terry leatherland via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: Some of you have been following my blurbs on my FT991 trials with losing computer control. Being a computer guy I have been chasing the computer end of things for over a month since I did in fact Update my operating system about the same time as the September 6 Lightning storms. Well, as a goose chase would ensue, it turns out that today Yaesu technical support has verified that my microprocessor is now faulty for the bits that control the CAT control. The tech rep said that was major problem and a 600$ board + labor to repair. It is also good to note that I had recently installed lots of lightning arresting solutions, and I still got zapped. Fortunately for me, I have been a ARRL insurance payee for many years. Now I am entering a claim for the radio, and things appear to be promising. So now I think I'll upgrade a bit with the claim and some of my own money. I say all this to let the newcomers know that the 1$ for every 10$ of equipment value ARRL charges is a GREAT deal. You should do it. This is only the 2nd time in my 40 years of HAM to have a problem. The 1st being when punks bashed my car window right out in front of my house and stole my remote control head for the radio under the seat. The bad part was neither they nor I had a workable system afterwards. :-( 73s and I'll talk Hf on the other side of this thing. Terry - Pretty Good Fella. Terry Leatherland, K5PGF 281-455-8090 Sugar Land, Tx ________________________________________________ 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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