The question is "how long are they?" - Ethernet cables are typically 6-20 feet long. A jumper between the rig and amplifier, much shorter.
Length determines how well it acts as an antenna. The cables I worked with were perhaps 20-50 feet long, and made good antennas. Some of the ethernet cables in my apartment are 50 feet long to feed from one extreme to the other. (I do video editing and need at least gigabit end to end...) Telephone cables will be LONG. Unplug anything connected to dsl or phone lines in general. Luckily, the apartment I'm in has underground utilities.. However, that nice shot of a tower on the ground getting a direct strike was interesting. It shows that having a few high trees around that are much higher than the antenna are NOT a reason to not disconnect. Lightning looks for an interesting way to ground. Don't encourage it by leaving lots of paths in the shack available. KK4QDZ - Now with Extra Class Priv's, and a tiny KX3 to enjoy them! ________________________________ From: Brian Alsop <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Unhook *ALL* connections before Lightning storm This sounds like good advice. However, every connector socket on my K3 is populated, ditto the computer, ditto the KPA500, ditto the KAT500. Pulling all wires when there is a potential storm threat is totally impractical. Even if I did, I'm sure some of the connectors would simply not last. I suspect others have similar situations. 73 de Brian/K3KO ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
