[CQ-Contest] lightning season info

[Douglas Priest]

And another link that may be more important... http://www.polyphaser.com/


I have no interest in Polyphaser...I just know three of my local AM
broadcast stations use their products........

73

Doug W3CF



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cq-contest at contesting.com
[mailto:owner-cq-contest at contesting.com]On Behalf Of David Robbins
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:16 AM
To: reflector -tower; yccc; reflector cq-contest
Subject: [CQ-Contest] lightning season info



with lightning season here and spring/summer (though i still have 1-2' of
snow
on the ground here!) contests getting under way here are a few links that
may
prove useful.  please feel free to pass these on to anyone else who may be
planning to play or work outside, or even inside on a radio.  remember of
course
that these don't replace common sense, if a storm is around take all
possible
safety precautions.

free lightning location map.  this is a nationwide map of ground strikes in
the
last 2 hours.  it is updated every 15 minutes (you have to press refresh to
get
the update manually).
http://www.lightningstorm.com/lightningstorm/gpg/lex1/mapdisplay_free.jsp
more detailed and real time local maps are available for a price.  there are
lots of options for areas and update rates, check the links for the
Lightning
Explorer.

for summer contests, field day, or family outings:
if you want to be notified of approaching storms via pager or email you can
sign
up for as short a period as 3 hours for $4.95, a weekend for $6.95, a month
for
$19.95, or a whole year for $192 at:
http://www.lightningstorm.com/lightningstorm/products/lightningstore_notific
ation.jsp

if you have taken a strike and need to convince insurance adjuster:
they also have on-line report generation that can be used for insurance
claims.
these let you get details of lighting for up to a 2 week period for $75,
with
$10 options to get detailed stroke data and various maps at:
http://www.lightningstorm.com/lightningstorm/products/analysis/strikenet.jsp

the usual disclaimer if anyone really cares... i don't work for them, but we
do
use their services where i work.

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David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto://k1ttt@berkshire.net
web: http://www.berkshire.net/~robbins/k1ttt.html or http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net


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