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Re: [RFI] ISOBAR

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Subject: Re: [RFI] ISOBAR
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:22:04 -0400
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This happened to me repeatedly with nearby strikes, until I went to a wireless network.

73, Pete N4ZR
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arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000

On 9/16/2012 4:57 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
Although Ethernet line drivers and receivers may be isolated by a transformer, the high potential of a lightning event can (and will) arc across it and take out the equipment. I know of several instances of that happening, the guys suffering the events were engineers, and the CAT5 cable was NOT shielded.

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