With three towers top is at 170 feet above ground level. Tallest trees are about 80 feet. We do get HIT lots of times per year. I unplug NOTHING.
HOWEVER every wire and anything that is metal that comes and goes from our house is protected by a Polyphaser Protective device. Buried in the yard at 100 ground rods. Each one is 8 feet. Spaced at 16 foot intervals as a Triangle between the three towers plus radial strips outward from the towers to at least 1/3rd the total height. Plus perimeter ground around the house. As you have seen leave just one little wire someplace that isn't protected and POOF as they say damage to lots of things can happen. Consider the today many Ham Stations are remotely operated as is my station. No way to disconnect and reconnect. So it is either fix the stuff so it doesn't blow up or else deal with the consequences. If you haven't already seen it this is a video a friend took at my place a week or so ago when we installed a new Low Band Receiving antenna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXvRrummVFY John k9uwa John Goller, K9UWA & Jean Goller, N9PXF Antique Radio Restorations [email protected] Visit our Web Site at: http://www.JohnJeanAntiqueRadio.com 4836 Ranch Road Leo, IN 46765 USA 1-260-637-6426 ______________________________________________________________ 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]
