Those power and telegraph lines were MANY hundreds of miles long, and likely thousands of miles long.
I seriously doubt whether even the severest of solar storms --not even the famed Carrington Event-- would damage anybody's 160m antenna systems anywhere on earth. Not even a 1000'+ Beverage. My antenna disconnects are for thunderstorms. I wouldn't bother to unplug my 580' Beverages, even if there was a brilliant aurora dancing overhead. They are protected by 90V GDTs, but I doubt if they would even fire. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Stan K <[email protected]> wrote: > If a big solar flare can melt telegraph wires, overload power lines, etc, > might it not be of concern to 160 users that have loooong Beverages, and > many have long dipoles too, that just might pick up enough from a huge > solar flare to do some major damage to the antenna or equipment? > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
