Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17524 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2001 04:57:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 23 Jun 2001 04:57:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 7380 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2001 03:41:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 23 Jun 2001 03:41:21 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15DeDL-0003vp-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 04:36:03 +0100 Received: from imo-m06.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.161]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15DeDK-0003vk-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2001 04:36:02 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from WarmSpgs@aol.com by imo-m06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v30.22.) id l.12b.6f1947 (3965) for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:34:44 -0400 (EDT) From: WarmSpgs@aol.com Message-ID: <12b.6f1947.28656854@aol.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:34:44 EDT Subject: Re: LF: static build up on aerials To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 120 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: In a message dated 6/20/01 3:58:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be writes: << Based on that I decided never ever to leave a coax connected to a 'floating' wire antenna in the shack. The arcs probably won't hurt anyone, but they could start a fire. >> They certainly could do that! I dread to think where the current would have flowed during my little lightning mishap last September if the antenna hadn't been grounded. There was some minor scorching of wood anyway, but it could have been much worse if the spark had needed to find its own path. 73, John