[TowerTalk] RCS-4 Coax Switch

[Mike]

I seen what I believe was a direct hit, it melted the first 100 feet or so
of a commercial 400 foot tower and the equipment building was gone along
with the equipment inside.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan AB2OS" <ab2os at att.net>
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Cc: "Floyd Sense" <sentek at sprintmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RCS-4 Coax Switch


> Do you think any other affordable switch would have survived a hit like
> this? I'm not being argumentative, just asking.
>
> Alan AB2OS
>
>
> On 07/05/04 07:54 am Floyd Sense put fingers to keyboard and launched
> the following message into cyberspace:
>
> > I had a direct hit on one of the antennas connected to my RCS-4.  The
box
> > exploded due to the rapidly expanding hot gases inside, and the traces
were
> > mostly blown off the circuit board.
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