[Elecraft] PA storm damage

[David Cutter]

What is the best advice to avoid this?  Coax arrestors?

David
G3UNA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "F5UL" <ars.f5ul at wanadoo.fr>
To: <dougzzz at gmail.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:17 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2, why change?


> Hi Doug,
>
> I justalso finished the CWWPX Contest. Asou said the condx where weird et 
> in surplus I had almost 24 hours of thunderstorms...
> Due to that conditions I lost a 2sc1969 in the PA and yesterday morning 
> was passed to change the beast in order to continue!!!
> But as you tell all, the K2 is marvelous in a contest. I used mine 
> barefoot and in spite of all disturbance I did 178 with 82000 points. It's 
> far from last year where I finish 3d place monoband 7 Mhz QRP but I will 
> do better next year!!!
> As you did, with mine, I used only 300 Hz filter, and only one antenna so 
> I did not had the ATU use you had to do. I too did not use full QSK but a 
> 0.2s delay.
> But in all other respect it was more agreable to use than any other TRx I 
> had in all my life (and it was long, I'm 73 old, and 54 ham!!!)
> I ,wait for the K3. I will see next year if I can do something about that 
> new beast!!!
> In the mean time 73 and GL!
> de F5UL Bob
>
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