[TenTec] Count to Ten B4 Cussing Ten Tec

[k3miy at csonline.net]

Be prepared for an exploding fruit jar if you get a strike. Lightning
will shatter glass.

Ron
K3MIY



Quoting Bill Sale <n5ii at centurytel.net>:

> I put my coax end in a fruit jar!!!
> n5ii
> Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richards" <jruing at ameritech.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Count to Ten B4 Cussing Ten Tec
> 
> 
> > It is important to ground those disconnected coax cables in the shack... 
> > like using the ground buss Stuart mentions... as I have seen the damage 
> > an arc from the end of a disconnected coax plug can do.
> > 
> > For example, it happened at my friend's SW listening post.  He heard 
> > thunder from an approaching storm while listening to the radio, and 
> > quickly started disconnecting his radios, etc., and it struck his 
> > antenna before he could finish the task -- the arc blew across his desk, 
> > scorching the desk top, and into one of his radios.   He said it was 
> > awesome and scary and scorched the desk, toasted the radio, and 
> > adversely affected some other stuff (phone, calculator, computer, etc.) 
> >  while it arced.
> > 
> > Seeing the aftermath, I am convinced Stuart is right... you gotta ground 
> > out the loose, disconnected coax or it could arc and cause much damage 
> > as if it were connected.  Although he is only an SWL, I doubt there is 
> > any difference between a receiving antenna and a transmitting antenna in 
> > this matter.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > Happy Trails.
> > =======================  Richards / K8JHR  =========================
> > 
> > On 9/9/2011 21:06, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> >> Another thing to remember to disconnect when a storm is coming is the
> >> phone line.  I draw an imaginary circle around all my stuff on the
> >> operating bench and disconnect everything that crosses that line.  This
> >> makes my entire shack isolated from the outside world.
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