[ADXA] K5YY Ligtning Strike

[Ron | K5XK]

Just heard from San.  The lightning strike was within 50 yards of his QTH, but fortunately not a direct hit.  The surge damaged one of his ICOM power supplies, internet modem, and home phones...but San seemed most upset that it knocked out his 'TeleBouncer.'  Now he has to deal with the telemarketers again!

San thinks that he and the carload of ham buddies were just seconds away from having been struck by the lightning bolt.  It reportedly struck the street where they had just passed-by, on their way to the club meeting.  A neighbor described it as a 'huge ball of bright light' the size of a bicycle. 

I'm sure San will have more to add once he gets more household items sorted out.

73, Ron 'XK

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2018 9:00 AM
To: Ron | K5XK
Cc: adxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ADXA] K5YY Ligtning Strike

Nothing heard from him Ron!!!

Thanks for letting us know. Hopefully all is OK at the YY plantation.

We could certainly could use some rain here in the Searcy area. We have
only had about a quarter inch of rain in the past two months and it is
extremely dry here. Don't want the lightning, though!!!

If you hear something regarding San's situation please let us know.

ZN




On Thu, July 5, 2018 11:41 pm, Ron | K5XK wrote:
>

> I'm just back from our local radio club meeting.  Has heard from K5YY
> this evening?  KK5II, K5DB, and K5XH had just picked-up San from his
> Springdale
> QTH as they shared a ride to the meeting.  Within a few blocks of San's
> QTH,
> the guys reported a huge, deafening explosion.  Almost immediately, San's
> XYL Melinda lit up his cell phone, reporting their electrical power was
> out and that she thought their house may have been struck by lightning.
> The
> guys immediately dropped San off to assess and handle the situation.
>
> So we're all anxious to hear the latest.  Hopefully it was a neighborhood
>  utility pole and not a direct strike to his tower or 40M vertical, etc.
>
> Oddly, the guys reported while there appeared to be thundershowers
> building off to the east, the sky was totally clear over Springdale at the
> time of the incident!
>
> 73/DX, Ron K5XK
>
>
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