[Elecraft] Unhook *ALL* connections before Lightning storm

Rick Bates, WA6NHC happymoosephoto at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 21:21:50 EDT 2014


Did you tell them to never try buying lottery tickets?  :-P

Rick, WA6NHC

iPad = small keypad = typos = sorry ;-)

> On Jul 14, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Keith Trinity WE6R <keith at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I work on K3's all day and would like to advise/remind folks that lightning comes in through ANY path it pleases, not just the antenna.
> Time and time again folks say they unhooked their antenna but the lightning took out the DSL modem, computer and K3 via the RS232 port!
> Anything connected is a potential path...
> Be safe! '73
> Keith WE6R
> 
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