Bill Coleman wrote:
Antennas where disconnected and the house next door took the direct hit
and blew a big chunk out of the back of the house.
Don't just disconnect your antennas - GROUND them.
Possibly would have saved your rig.
Serious?
What's more likely to be hit by lightning? A big, high-up, earthed
conductor, or a big, high-up conductor who's potential is allowed to
drift around a bit?
In fact, when scientists want to study lightning, don't they do it by
attaching earthed wires to fireworks and shooting them into thunderclouds?
You might be right, but I'd like to understand why - it sounds like
you'd be making an almost ideal lightning target :-)
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