[Elecraft] MY SECOND K2

[Paul E. Picking]

"If your antenna is actually struck by lightning, the antenna itself will
most likely be destroyed, along with the coax and the rig.  Also the
building will suffer structural damage."
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1980's Lightning Strike   Shelby, Ohio

Random wire to old oak tree in  back yard--------Vaporized

2m  1/4 antenna coat hanger wire in SO239-----antenna survived but RG58 coax vaporized to chunks of insulation with longest about 1 inch in length--no metal left

Trapped ground mounted vertical------arced over leaving carbon track in base part

Splintered charred wood where conductors came in thru wood at window of house.

No Radio damage because all antennas were disconnected just inside window---was lucky that indoors escaped damage.


Submersible water pump and cordless phone base unit zapped also

Paul WD8OJL KX1 SN1082