[ADXA] K5YY Ligtning Strike

[Joel Harrison]

Tnx update Ron!!!

ZN




On Fri, July 6, 2018 3:36 pm, Ron | K5XK wrote:
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> 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
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> On Thu, July 5, 2018 11:41 pm, Ron | K5XK wrote:
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>> 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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