Hello Bill:
Just a thought: I have a "lightning alarm" gadget. It has been up 4-5 years
and works well. I have misplaced any papers or identification for it. I
,mounted it on a 6 foot rod in the back yard and the coax runs into the
shack and sounds an alarm if lightning is near about. As I recall, the
higher one mounts it, the farther it detects. At the above heigth, I would
say it is good for 5-6 miles out..(If had it 'gpoing out' farther, here in
SE Texas, it would be buzzing all the time.)
Maybe that could be keyed to the AC. Instead of (and/or) the alarm: Kills
the AC.
...Whatever.
Maybe someone may know of a source for thewse gadgets. It seems there was a
discussion on these several years ago.
73 de Mike K5UO
At 03:55 PM 7/30/97 -0400, Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
>
>I am very close to completing a remote control of my contest station in
>the mountains. I would like to know if anyone knows of a internet
>location where I can get an image of recent lightning strikes? I have
>seen such images on our local TV station during the news. This would
>greatly aid me in deciding if it is OK to dial up the station or not. I
>will also have some long distance callers using the station from time to
>time and would like to make sure they dont dial it up during a storm.
>
>I will provide information on this project to everyone when it is
>completed.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bill, W4AN
>
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