[Elecraft] Unplugging the radio to protect it

[bill NY9H]

ALL the Ham stuff  K system/ big icom survived a near strike...
   the antennas are disconnected at the garage entrance , where 4 10' 
rods are ...

the stuff came in the phone line, into a phone ....poof  across the 
phone guts to the other line ..magicjack....poof... into the router  poof...
nic card on the raid drive, main cpu MB, new 42" TV set ( now only wifi)
solar array controller   poof poof poof  ( now getting expensive) ....
control circuits in two 5KW solar inverters.$$$$$$$  hello insurance company.

now have separate phone on the magicjack,,, and a large bank of surge(MOVs)
on the phone line from verizon.  and i disconnect  all hdmi pwr & 
coax from the TV in a storm.

Joys of living on a hill ....   can't flood

bill