I'm sure a major reason W8JI leaves everything connected is because it would
take him about 4 hours to disconnect it all! :^)
Jim, you have chosen to take the risk of leaving everything connected. Good for
you; it shows your confidence in your own engineering. But surely you'll agree
that it
On 5/7/2024 4:46 PM, Al Lorona wrote:
In spite of all the grounding and bonding and spark-gapping and
everything else you may have done, are you confident enough that you
would trust it all and let the direct hit happen? Or would you
disconnect everything -- you know, just in case?
I suspect
Imagine that, somehow, you could know for certain that tonight you were going
to get direct-hit by lightning on your antenna.
In spite of all the grounding and bonding and spark-gapping and everything else
you may have done, are you confident enough that you would trust it all and let
the
As a broadcaster in South Florida with tall towers, 50' masts on mobile
units and satellite uplinks, we encountered lightning strikes many times a
day during the rainy seasons.
Our experience is that all equipment can be damaged by the high voltage
and/or current, no matter how much protection you
Thank you very much Peter
I was not going to reply anymore since I had received the order not to
continue with this thread, but your email reflects exactly what I wanted to
say in my first email
thank you!
73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
El dom, 5 may 2024 a las 23:21, Peter Hall ()
escribió:
> Hello
Peter, Mike,
I think Elecraft does a reasonable job at protecting equipment inputs. For
lightning protection, there is much literature on methods and practices. A
principle to keep in mind is protect at the “point of entry”, the desk setup,
the entry to the house/shack, etc. Another is
We may not know the tune but the encore is sad and familiar: The cost to
repair the damage is equal to the deductible on your homeowner's insurance
policy. "Ask me how I know."
/Rick N6XI
On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 10:13 PM Jim Brown wrote:
> On 5/5/2024 6:11 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
> >
On 5/5/2024 6:11 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote:
There is no rhyme or reason why some devices are not damaged and other are.
Indeed there IS rhyme and reason, but some of us haven't learned the
tune! :)
73, Jim K9YC
__
Elecraft
On 5/4/2024 9:57 PM, Rick NK7I wrote:
From your description Jorge, it sounds like you did it correctly, but
missed an entry point.
I don't have sufficient information to agree that what Jorge described
was correct. HOW all of that is done, matters. Failure to bond all the
ground rods, and
Hello Jorge,
Thanks for an interesting thread, which elicited some good technical replies as
well as some undeserved and rather haughty tut-tutting, presumably about
valuable mail column-cm: the remedy for the latter is, of course, the delete
button - a facility with which any reader of this
Jorge,
In short, no. As has been stated repeatedly lightning protection is the
responsibility of the owner, not the radio vendor.
Can we move on to other topics please?
73, Adrian
K7RJS
> On May 5, 2024, at 10:44 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
>
> hello
>
> To finish with this topic, I
Jorge,
Your question was answered already...
73,
Dave,
https://www.nk7z.net
On 5/5/24 10:42, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
hello
To finish with this topic, I was just wondering if a device that is
intended for use in remote stations, always connected and in some cases
with no one to disconnect
Asked, answered (no, there isn't a more robust device); it's up to the
station owner/designer to protect the station, not a manufacturer.
Let's move on please.
Rick nk7i
On 5/5/2024 10:42 AM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
hello
To finish with this topic, I was just wondering if a device that
After a lightning strike took out my shack computer, all of the Ethernet
switches in line to the router and the router itself, I came up with
what I call an "air gap". I use VirtualHere ($49 for the software)
running on a Raspberry Pi to act as a USB server. The Raspberry Pi is
connected to a
hello
To finish with this topic, I was just wondering if a device that is
intended for use in remote stations, always connected and in some cases
with no one to disconnect during storms, could not have a better USB
connector, for example
If he tells me it can't be done, fine, my question has
Lightning is like wildfires which burn some houses or land but not
others. There is no rhyme or reason why some devices are not damaged
and other are. I suspect that most items were damaged but not made
inoperable.
Couldn't the argument be made that the computer or USB hub should do
more
Thread subject changed to reflect the actual topic.
It is the station owner that is responsible for lightning protection (or
other environmental risks); not Elecraft or most any product vendor of
any type. To require more, would cost more (for the hardware and for
the liability risk that the
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