[Elecraft] MY SECOND K2

[Eric J]

There is a "cone of protection", they say, around a high point with an angle 
of 45 degrees. I wouldn't tempt it myself. However, I'm near the base of a 
1900' peak and I've watched lightning hit the peak, but have never seen 
lightning anywhere near the area surrounding the peak. I believe in the 
theory, but still...

Eric
KE6US
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>From: Nick Waterman <laptop at noseynick.com>
>To: Paul Bruneau <paul at ethicalpaul.com>
>CC: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] MY SECOND K2
>Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:41:15 +0100
>
>Paul Bruneau wrote:
>>>You might be right, but I'd like to understand why - it sounds like you'd 
>>>be making an almost ideal lightning target   :-)
>>
>>I think it's already a target, being a conductor in the sky and all, and
>[...]
>>That's how I think of it, but having said all that, I'm in a nice low area 
>>that never ever gets struck, so I don't worry about it.
>
>I remember operating VHF, hearing a thunderstorm in the distance and 
>thinking it was time I shut down, and just before ending my QSO, realising 
>I was chatting to a chap who's QTH was in Guildford - the direction of the 
>oncoming thunderstorm. "Aren't you shutting down? That thunderstorm must be 
>almost on top of you?", "Oh it's all around me, but I've got Guildford 
>Cathedral almost outside my window and a few hundred feet above me, so I 
>figure it's gonna get hit and I'm not!". Nutter!   :-)
>
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