[AMRadio] Comment on lightning surges

BILL GUYGER bguyger at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 29 16:35:02 EDT 2011


He's been out of town a lot. I think he's up at WQXRas we speak taking a 50 Kw 
Collins(?) out




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From: Jim Wilhite <w5jo at brightok.net>
To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, July 29, 2011 3:28:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Comment on lightning surges

Is that why I haven't heard him on the air lately Bill?

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 

A friend of mine
> Jack Sellmeyer AD5VO who is a PE with 50 + years in radio broadcast 
> engineering
> and an NAB award for lifetime achievement can relate to lightning 
> entering on
> the station ground. He took a near hit to his "play pin" as he calls 
> it and lost
> a SDR radio and some of his computer network. He has wire antennas 
> galore and a
> tall vertical with switchable top loading and the strike came in on 
> the ground.
>
> Bill AD5OL

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