[Elecraft] Off Topic - CME

[WILLIS COOKE]

In my 55 years as a ham and 30 years as an EE I have never seen any such damage 
or seen any documentation.  I have seen a lot of lightning damage so all I see 
as prudent is to follow proper grounding practices.  Those practices have been 
beat to death on this forum recently.
 Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ 




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From: Lee Buller <k0wa at swbell.net>
To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, April 27, 2011 10:44:53 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Off Topic - CME


I know there are a lot of very smart people on this reflector and centuries of 
expertise and knowledge.  So, that is why I have come here to this "august" body 

of technical experts....

CME or Coronal Mass Ejection.  I know that these can happen very easily and now 
that the sun has become more active, I wonder what one can do to protect their 
electronics from harm during one of these events.  I know the VHF guys would 
like to see these things ... but I have read that these things can cause havoc 
to electronics.

So...how does one protect their K3/K2 etc from such and event?

I know in the late 1800's there was a very strong CME and that hit the Earth 
which cause aurora down to Cuba and burnt up telegraph lines (I think those were 

#12 or #10 copper lines too).  That was a very LARGE CME.

Any sage words from the corporate brains on this list?

Lee - K0WA


In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you don't 
have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you can't find any 

Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  Is Common 
Sense divine?

Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. 
-  John W. (Kansas)
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