[TenTec] Orion 2 lightning rule

[mgoins]

I agree. I switch the antenna to ground outside the house with a big double pole, double throw switch anytime the weather appears the least threatening or when I will be away from home. Had some lightning problems iwith antennas n the 29 years, but never with equipment. 

mike
k5wmg


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From: Ralph Matheny <mathenyr at marietta.edu>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:10:01 -0500 (EST)

>In my experience....the only way to protect equipment is bond everything
>together...as described by many....and then take every possible measure to
>keep the lightning OUTSIDE the building.  One it gets inside, it will find
>a valuable piece of equipment--even if it is still in the shipping
>container!!  It's a corillary to one of Edsel Murphy's laws...
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>The bonding really helps mostly for secondary "hits" and paths to ground.
>Direct hits will wipe most of our current microprocessor-based hardware.
>In many cases, the results of the "hit" are not seen for weeks or months.
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>Ralph Matheny
>K8RYU
>207 Gibbons Place
>Marietta Ohio  45750
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