[Elecraft] Unplugging the radio to protect it

[Pierfrancesco Caci]

>>>>> "Elecraft" == Elecraft K3 <k3 at hollywoodtitle.com> writes:


    Elecraft> Hmm, this thread has got me wondering if a fiber optics
    Elecraft> telecom/tv/internet link provides some degree of
    Elecraft> protection against distant lightning strikes. 
    Elecraft> Seems like it should.

Yes, but the problem is your internal wiring. Even if you invest in a
switch with optical ports (they come cheap on the used market), and you
put an optical port in your main desktop PC, there are a lot of devices
that only have copper. What killed my access point was a ligthning strike at
some distance coupling to a ~4 m long ethernet cable connecting the AP
to the switch.

Incidentally, fiber would help get rid of those nice carriers polluting
12 and 10 m. 

Pf

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Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx