Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20177 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2001 11:12:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 28 Jun 2001 11:12:13 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: (qmail 20234 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2001 11:12:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 28 Jun 2001 11:12:27 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15FZdT-0005WT-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:06:59 +0100 Received: from anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.91]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15FZdS-0005WO-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:06:58 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from telemetry.demon.co.uk ([194.222.19.114]) by anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 15FZdZ-000Ask-0X for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:07:06 +0100 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:39:57 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Tom Boucher" Subject: Re: LF: Lightning In-reply-to: <3B3AF18E.19154.AE39A@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Version 3.03a Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Sorry to hear about your lightning strike Mike. Hope there is not too much damage. This discussion is certainly causing me to think about the whole issue, especially as my shack is in a converted stable, completely made of wood! Years ago I remember my grandfather having a wireless aerial (as it was known then) down his garden which came through an insulator in the window frame and was connected to a ceramic knife switch on the window- sill. This allowed changeover of the aerial from the wireless to earth during thunder storms. Does anyone know of a source of such switches these days? Translation: 'wireless' = radio 'earth' = ground 'aerial' = antenna 73, Tom G3OLB