[TenTec] re If you ground it - it will come!

Robert Tortajada n6ri at rtort.com
Fri May 5 19:19:44 EDT 2006


Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
> When a thunderstorm approaches, I completely unplug all AC lines, and 
> disconnect all antennas.  I remove all ground straps and put my gear in a 
> pile and sell it on the internet.  I pull down all my antennas, and cancel 
> my license with the FCC and become a non-ham until the storm passes by.  
> Sometimes nothing happens.  I sure feel sold and misled by the wx service 
> when that happens!  But then I retake all the tests, get my license back, 
> setup a station and get back to operating until the next storm.  Never had a 
> problem.
>   
Wait, you actually connect to the Internet when a storm is approaching? 

Bob - n6ri



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