[NCC] CQ WW WPX score-NOT!

[Hal Offutt]

Hi Dan,

Real sorry to hear about this.  What bad luck.  Having just visited your 
FB station, I have a good picture of what happened. Very sad news.  
Please keep us posted on what damage you find and when you get some 
photos, let me have them to post.  (Best to do this after June 29 when 
I'll be back from my trip).

73, Hal W1NN

Near Bordeaux


On 5/30/2016 1:00 PM, Dan wrote:
> As of Saturday I had about 600 Qs and 500K points and then......
>
> On Saturday around P.M. we had a thunderstorm in the area. My phone app that shows lightening indicated close by activity. Grounded antennas and went to talk to wife. Large KABOOM and lights out upstairs in shack.
>
> Reset breaker for shack and have apparently lost two radios (K3 and MP) although the K3 still hears it is giving some ERROR messages and has output dropping off on key down. MP fan runs but no display-haven’t listened for signals yet.  Also think I lost the shack computer (my main log is backed up in “the cloud” if the program has been working correctly but don’t know if hard disk is fried).
>
> Noticed yesterday that 80 meter vertical was down and found the wire loop at top missing 2 inches of wire with scorch marks on insulator. ( I took pictures that I will send to W1NN to put on the web) A coil at the base has all the nylon spacers melted. Found chunks of wood in yard and looks like a strike on the main branch of the tree holding up the vertical. About 10 feet from where top of vertical was suspended there is a 10 foot strip of bark less tree.
>
> Have not gone into shack until today to begin assessing damage. I am severely bummed and hope to begin getting things back together soon. Hope everyone else came through weekend okay!!
>
> Dan, W8CAR, temporarily QRT
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