[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 15-May-2002 C Falconer wrote:
> > Those putting up antennae might be wise to consider the effect of lightning on > their thousands of dollars worth of sensitive interconnected computer gear. > There doesn't even have to be a direct hit - the EMP and large ground potential > gradient caused by a nearby strike can be surprisingly damaging. (Something I > have observed first-hand.) FWIW, we have had some reasonable storms over Christchurch over the last two years, Radionet (my supplier for the moment) has lost only one unit, atop the Clarendon I believe. As always, I keep my fingers crossed. At my end of the last mile, my only problem has been water ingress :( Adrian
