I repaired radios for extra income for several years. And every spring
and summer I would replace the front end transistors of several FT-101s.
Some times I would do the same radio twice in one season. I finally came
up with a system to protect any radio. Disconnect all leads. Hand carry
the radio to the bedroom. Slide under bed. If lightning can find it
there, it can have the darn thing.
I once repaired a very expensive non TEN-TEC rig that had been
disconnected from everything in the shack, except the keyer, during a
summer storm. The power to the keyer was disconnected but the keyer was
sitting on a metal cabinet with the phone. The foil on the circuit board
near the key jack had turned to vapor. So had most of the phone wire.
73
Jerry K8JRO
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