What about the rest of the wires in your house? I had a shack CRT TV need
degaussing after a lightning strike because one of my unconnected control
lines ran near it. Over the years I have had several TVs and a satellite
receiver damaged from lightning hitting an unconnected tower.
John KK9A
To:towertalk@contesting.com
Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning protection
From:Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date:Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:40:18 -0400
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I tend to agree with you Jim, except for an important proviso. If we could
all produce a cookie-cutter implementation of a professional transmitter
building, single-point entry panel ground, etc. then it wouldn't require
much to do that. Where it gets messy, and where this history major stops, is
when you know that something - some aspect of your installation - isn't
ideal, so the question is, "what's ideal enough?" or "will that compromise
my installation too much?"
I will still disconnect. The big change I made in my installation after my
one direct hit was to get rid of my wired network, because it was that which
caused 98 percent of the damage in the house through induced voltage. I know
because I saw my network cards *afterward*
73, Pete N4ZR
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