[TowerTalk] Lightning protection

[john at kk9a.com]

What about the rest of the wires in your house?  I had a shack CRT TV need 
degaussing after a lightning strike because one of my unconnected control 
lines ran near it.  Over the years I have had several TVs and a satellite 
receiver damaged from lightning hitting an unconnected tower.

John KK9A


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Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning protection
From:Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com>
Date:Mon, 08 Jul 2013 17:40:18 -0400
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I tend to agree with you Jim, except for an important proviso. If we could 
all produce a cookie-cutter implementation of a professional transmitter 
building, single-point entry panel ground, etc. then it wouldn't require 
much to do that. Where it gets messy, and where this history major stops, is 
when you know that something - some aspect of your installation - isn't 
ideal, so the question is, "what's ideal enough?" or "will that compromise 
my installation too much?"

I will still disconnect. The big change I made in my installation after my 
one direct hit was to get rid of my wired network, because it was that which 
caused 98 percent of the damage in the house through induced voltage. I know 
because I saw my network cards *afterward*
73, Pete N4ZR
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