[Elecraft] Lightning season is on the way in New Mexico.

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I'm on the central Oregon coast, close to the waves, and we see lightning
storms several times a year from squalls brought ashore by the "Pineapple
Express" (the strong weather pattern that draws storms from the vicinity of
Hawaii right to us).

I'm always careful to keep the antenna grounded when not in use. 

Of course we don't see the sort of static build-up one gets in the dry
southwest and other places, but one close call with a lightning stroke can
easily make up for anything we missed due to dry air. 

It sounds like you're rather protected from that stuff in Seattle there on
the eastern side of the Olympic peninsula. 

Ron AC7AC

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You guys should all move to the northwest, such as Seattle.   Lightning is
more rare then a 100 degree summer day.  It happens but definitely not
often.

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