[Elecraft] Unhook *ALL* connections before Lightning storm

[Fred Jensen]

No.  I supported myself in college working at KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo 
at the end 59 and early 60's  Our studio and TX were located on Cuesta 
Ridge overlooking the city, directly adjacent to the base of the 400' 
tower.  In the building, the multitude of cables [mainly 75 ohm coax] 
ran in trenches in the concrete floor, which were covered with 1/4" 
removable steel plates.

Lightning strikes [common in storms] only put us off the air once that I 
remember, but caused a totally deafening "clang" from all those trench 
covers. :-)  The one time we went down was just a popped breaker on the 
mains to the 10 KW visual PA, the aural PA stayed up.  We never lost any 
equipment to lightning.

Unplugging all the cables behind my K-Line, an area that gives new 
meaning to the term "wireless", would happen exactly once.  I'd never 
manage to get all of them reconnected.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 7/15/2014 6:35 AM, John K9UWA wrote:
> Do TV Stations and Radio Stations and Cellphone towers disconnect all
> their equipment everytime there is a storm in the area?