At 02:31 PM 10/27/97 -0600, you wrote:
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>On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
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>> 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
Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but I think being on the air
during an active nearby lightning storm can present a significant
health hazard.
Scott Robbins, W4PA
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