[TowerTalk] Arc During Lightning Storm

[Rod Elliott]

Last year I experienced a lightning-induced pulse in a very close-up 
and personal way. Was tinkering with an antenna fed with ladder line. 
In the shack I was holding the (stripped) ends of the line in my left 
hand, along with a piece of bare #3 AWG connected to my safety ground.

Suddenly felt a strong electrical jolt in that hand. About three 
seconds later I heard the thunder...

Guess the Guardian Angel of Lids was in the shack with me that day... hi!

73 + don't do as I did!

Rod Elliott VE3UW