[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Near Field Lightning Damage

[Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk]

Not to offend anyone but I consider a CB radio and a scanner to be similar when it comes to the from end protection. Inadequate front end protection is not limited to low price receivers but can also, unfortunately, in higher priced receiver and transceivers as well.


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering at gmail.com>
To: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg at aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 19, 2015 5:04 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Near Field Lightning Damage


 
  
Not exactly a watch but I had both a scanner and 2m portable lose their RX front ends (neither connected to an external antenna or power) due to a lighting strike on a power line 100 feet from a rental car during an untended storm chase.   
   
  
  
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On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk     <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:    
    
This sounds very anecdotal. Yes, a near strike lightning may take out CB radios etc but that it took out digital watches make me suspicious. The are usually metal encapsulated and very immune to external field. I believe a EMP strong enough to take out a watch also will take out the person carrying that watch.    
   
   
   
   
   
    
     
Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD      
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