[Elecraft] question about Elecraft receivers

[Fred Jensen]

On 9/7/2011 7:13 PM, KC6CNN wrote:
> I have read several post about something burning out due to close by
> lightning.
> I have not heard of this many before.
> My question is because of the high sensitivity of the receivers are the
> elecraft's prone to this?

No.  You hear about Elecraft lightning damage because there are a huge 
number of people on this list willing to exchange their problems, 
solutions, ideas, and the like.  It happens to all electronics if the 
lightning is close enough, it's just more apparent on this list.

A couple of years ago, at N6A [Alpine County in the Cal QSO Party], we 
fried two [2] IC-756PRO2's with what looked and sounded like very minor 
snow static.  Turned out, they had no bleed resistor on the antenna 
connection and the charge just built up.  My Elecraft radios [3 of them] 
all bleed the antenna connections nicely.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
- www.cqp.org