I can give my own first-hand, real-world take on this. Exactly a year ago, my house took a direct hit with several shingles needing to be replaced. My one & only antenna (between roof & sky) was vaporized, as was the feedline.
We lost a lot of electronic stuff to the strike as well as some non-electronics, ie a gas line rupture. The K3 survived even though the 12V supply was destroyed in a major and spectacular way. At the time, the antenna was not attached to the K3 but the PS was. Further details and a photo of the feedline are here: http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2010/09/16/lightning-strike-qrt-ekg-and-a-new-dipole/ Many told me I'd see more symptomes further down the line. They were right - 6 weeks later, my garage door opener started acting spontaneously but the K3 remains unaffected. John AE5X http://www.ae5x.com/blog ______________________________________________________________ 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
