In my 55 years as a ham and 30 years as an EE I have never seen any such damage or seen any documentation. I have seen a lot of lightning damage so all I see as prudent is to follow proper grounding practices. Those practices have been beat to death on this forum recently. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ
________________________________ From: Lee Buller <[email protected]> To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, April 27, 2011 10:44:53 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Off Topic - CME I know there are a lot of very smart people on this reflector and centuries of expertise and knowledge. So, that is why I have come here to this "august" body of technical experts.... CME or Coronal Mass Ejection. I know that these can happen very easily and now that the sun has become more active, I wonder what one can do to protect their electronics from harm during one of these events. I know the VHF guys would like to see these things ... but I have read that these things can cause havoc to electronics. So...how does one protect their K3/K2 etc from such and event? I know in the late 1800's there was a very strong CME and that hit the Earth which cause aurora down to Cuba and burnt up telegraph lines (I think those were #12 or #10 copper lines too). That was a very LARGE CME. Any sage words from the corporate brains on this list? Lee - K0WA In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
