Not another theoretical piece about lightning damage. This is for real. Last night we had a bad storm for about an hour - I even saw QRN dots on my cable TV. At 0000 UTC there was a huge bang and th
Dear all. The lesson to be learned about lightning is, no matter what you do regarding earthing antennas, unplugging things etc. is that it isn't going to make the slightest difference if you get str
Hello Mike, I doubt that the street light had a 'direct hit' from lightning. So far I have seen the remains of a direct hit on 2 occasions, one was a 15m high oak that was reduced to a pile of burnt
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 sta
More on my near miss with lightning. I have spoken to several neighbours in my road. Two saw the strike which appeared to hit a street lamp 50 yards from my house. There is no sign of damage to the l
Not another theoretical piece about lightning damage. This is for real. Last night we had a bad storm for about an hour - I even saw QRN dots on my cable TV. At 0000 UTC there was a huge bang and the
<< I have chosen to ground the antenna in a separate ground stake, with no connection to the main station gnd. >> This strikes me (no pun intended) as a very good idea. In broadcast practice, our mas
Regarding the recent discussion on lightning, here's my little antenna switch with some 0,8 m air gap: http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-54761/antenna_switch.jpg I have chosen to ground the antenna in a sep
