[Elecraft] Climbing Trip with KX1

[John, KI6WX]

Lynn;
For the worst storms I had a fairly protected campsite.  A much higher rise
behind the camp would have taken most of the hits.  The best thing for
mountain lightning protection is to make sure you are not a high point.
Valleys are good places for campsites.  If you have to lean your neck back
to look up at a nearby summit, you are reasonably safe from a strike.  Also,
don't leave the antenna feedline in the tent during a storm; the
electromagnetic field from a nearby strike can induce significant amounts of
current flow which could be hazardous.
-John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lbailey at aep.com>


> John...thanks for giving us a backpack trip report.  Sounds like the
> lightning was life-threatening.  What's the key to surviving a lightning
> storm in the mountains?  We got caught in one at about 10,500' when we
> were hiking near Silverton, CO......we also got hailed on.  You must've
> been within a few hundred feet of the lightning strikes.
>
> Would you do anything different with the ham gear?  Maybe take a 40 mtr.
> dipole, too?  Also wonder what the CW abbreviation is for mosquito?
> QRN/SUX?
>
> Or maybe you could make one up.....QMQ
>
> 73 de K5AVJ
> Lynn (K2 #1411)
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