>>>>> "Elecraft" == Elecraft K3 <[email protected]> writes:
Elecraft> Hmm, this thread has got me wondering if a fiber optics
Elecraft> telecom/tv/internet link provides some degree of
Elecraft> protection against distant lightning strikes.
Elecraft> Seems like it should.
Yes, but the problem is your internal wiring. Even if you invest in a
switch with optical ports (they come cheap on the used market), and you
put an optical port in your main desktop PC, there are a lot of devices
that only have copper. What killed my access point was a ligthning strike at
some distance coupling to a ~4 m long ethernet cable connecting the AP
to the switch.
Incidentally, fiber would help get rid of those nice carriers polluting
12 and 10 m.
Pf
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Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx
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