At 06:04 PM 2/24/2005, W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote:
>At 22:48 2005-02-24, W0UN -- John Brosnahan wrote:
> >What damage I have had here at the new QTH has been
> >from spikes coming in the phone lines and NOT the power
> >line. --W0UN
>
>Ditto. Four years ago I lost a laptop and most innards of three desktops,
>a few multi-line phones, etc., from a nearby lightning surge that came in
>via the phone line. I didn't lose any ham radio gear only because the PC
>I use for logging and rig control had no direct or indirect connection to
>the telephone line.
>
>Bud, W2RU
I should have added that the power lines are above ground and the
phone lines are buried. So it is counter-intuitive.
--John W0UN
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