Joe:
Sorry to hear of your excitement but glad nothing more serious happened.
Here in the WDC area, Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic Tel) has been
shilling their FiOS service - fiber-based phone, internet and TV. I signed up
for all three earlier this year and can now report that the only conductors
entering my QTH are from the power company (not likely to change to glass in my
lifetime) and the tower coax and control cables. I have Polyphasers on all
tower cables, but nothing other than dumb luck protecting the power feed.
I suppose I really ought to totally remove the copper twisted pairs left
over from the telephone service so a neighborhood strike doesn't find its way
into my basement. Have to look for another round tuit, though.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
From: WD0M <WD0M@centurytel.net>
Date: 2007/09/18 Tue PM 04:36:35 CDT
To: towertalk@contesting.com, SteppIR@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Strike - Post-strike analysis
...............
The bottom line is that if there's a way inside, lightning will find
it. Don't forget the phone/DSL line, or for those with cable TV, that
line as well. My web site <http://home.centurytel.net/WD0M/home.html>
has a description of my attempts to prevent any "extra" electricity from
finding its way into the shack, for those interested (or, see the link
below the signature below).
Stay safe out there....
73,
Joe
--
Joe Hannigan - WDÃÂM
Pagosa Springs, CO
http://home.centurytel.net/WD0M
http://pagosarocks.com
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