when lightning gets that close we close down everything! much safer
that way.
Larry A. Crim wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
>
> > On a slightly different subject... I had several instances of very close
> > lightning strikes this weekend. It was interesting to watch the radios
> > after the strikes. The S-meter would deflect to full scale and slowly
> > fall back to the left as the charge disapated.
>
> My weird story...lightning would trip my VOX..not the thunder, but the
> lightning. The VOX would trip with the flash, then the thunder would
> happen a second or two later. I probably should have shut down.
>
> -Larry K4AB
>
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