"Cord-us" interruptus??? -- Joe Leikhim Jleikhim@nettally.com "tv dinner by the pool, i'm so glad i finished school" -F.Zappa 1967 "The Revolution will NOT be televised" -Gil Scott Heron -- FAQ on WW
W2UP asked: Most of the commercial installations I've seen, use the following trick: 1. Ground the towers and antennas VERY well. 2. Leave the equipment floating. If there is a strike, the theory is
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
Top Ten box and all else around it will be distroyed via a direct lightning hit. I sincerely believe there is no way COMPLETELY to protect a ham station in an ordinary home from lightning, but that t
Author: harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Charles H. Harpole)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:07:43 -0400 (EDT)
Of course, do not leave the coax line that goes to the antenna lying on your table during storms. Put it outside, stop it at home entry point. de K4VUD -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towert
You're half right - it IS the cheapest. 73, Steve K7LXC -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@con
A very good friend of mine grew up in South Africa. When he was growing up, every elementary school child in South Africa was taught the following question and answer: Q: What do you do when there is
before he took apart his olde station, K4XS had a small 12" TV off to the side of the operating position, it was left on the local cable TV weather channel where the entertainment was the radar sweep
Hi Fred, I knew that. But we were in the middle of the city, not in the open savanna, for Christ's sake ! The whole point of my original posting was to say that lightning has a peculiar way to strike
Jim, How did that protect his equipment while he was at work? Or did he work from his house? 73..de John/K4WJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contest