If your antenna is actually struck by lightning, the antenna itself will
most likely be destroyed, along with the coax and the rig. Also the
building will suffer structural damage.
==
1980's Lightning Strike Shelby, Ohio
Random wire to old oak tree in back yardVaporized
2m
Eric J wrote:
There is a cone of protection, they say, around a high point with an
angle of 45 degrees. I wouldn't tempt it myself. However, I'm near the
base of a 1900' peak and I've watched lightning hit the peak, but have
never seen lightning anywhere near the area surrounding the peak. I
Eric/Nick:
Both of you are right about not trusting the cone of protection. It is
widely used in the power industry for the design of shield wires on HV/EHV
transmission lines and in substations. Where that concept came from was a
set of tabletop experiments conducted by Westinghouse several
Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
BTW, you cannot really design to survive a direct hit.
If your antenna is actually struck by lightning, the antenna itself will
most likely be destroyed, along with the coax and the rig. Also the
building will suffer structural damage.
I don't think that's quite
I don't think that's quite true. BC stations survive direct hits every
day.
well ... sort of. I used to make a reasonable living repairing BC
stations in upstate NY. Got real good at repairing HV power supplies.
It is fun to stand at the base of an AM tower and watch the arc fly
across
Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
If your antenna is actually struck by lightning, the antenna itself will
most likely be destroyed, along with the coax and the rig. Also the
building will suffer structural damage.
==
In the 8 years that I lived near the Gulf Coast in Texas as W5RTQ (lots
of
On Aug 30, 2005, at 4:18 AM, Nick Waterman wrote:
Bill Coleman wrote:
Antennas where disconnected and the house next door took the direct
hit
and blew a big chunk out of the back of the house.
Don't just disconnect your antennas - GROUND them.
Possibly would have saved your rig.
Serious?
or the
antenna.
Paul Gates
K1 #0231
KX1 #1186
XG1
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On Aug 30, 2005, at 4:18 AM, Nick
Paul Bruneau wrote:
You might be right, but I'd like to understand why - it sounds like
you'd be making an almost ideal lightning target :-)
I think it's already a target, being a conductor in the sky and all, and
[...]
That's how I think of it, but having said all that, I'm in a nice low
in the
theory, but still...
Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com
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Paul Bruneau wrote:
You might be right, but I'd
On Aug 30, 2005, at 4:18 AM, Nick Waterman wrote:
Serious?
What's more likely to be hit by lightning? A big, high-up, earthed
conductor, or a big, high-up conductor who's potential is allowed
to drift around a bit?
The only time I've suffered any lightning damage is when my antennas
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 23:13, Bill Coleman wrote:
The only time I've suffered any lightning damage is when my antennas
were disconnected for Field Day. It wasn't a direct hit, but an
induced strike that took out about 45 feet of open wire line by
vaporizing both conductors.
Bill,
Well I have ordered a second k2. my first k2 got hit with lightning
so now I get to repair the first but the insurance is paying for
another cause I don't know if the first is repairable.
I'm curious if insurance covered any cost of building or did they just cover
the cost of the kit? Was
That's what started it all - the silver
lining is one heck of a good conductor... :-)
Mike AB3AP
On Mon 29-Aug-05 at 1005 EDT, James Kern wrote:
Every cloud has it's silver lining - have fun building that second K2!
73,
James Kern KB2FCV
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Well I have ordered a second k2. my first k2 got hit with lightning
so
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Every cloud has it's
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You are probably correct but why was lightening allowed to enter this
chap's
first K2
don't have a yl to tell.
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You are probably correct but why
On Aug 29, 2005, at 11:17 AM, David wrote:
Antennas where disconnected and the house next door took the direct
hit
and blew a big chunk out of the back of the house.
Don't just disconnect your antennas - GROUND them.
Possibly would have saved your rig.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL
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