[Elecraft] K4 Remote: My QTH vs. a friend's, many miles to the north

[Fred Jensen]

Supported myself during college at the local TV station ... very late 
1950's. Station was on a ridge, we got lots of lightning strikes on our 
tower. The grounding ["earthing"] of the entire station was super 
extensive. We still occasionally lost equipment, mostly the smaller 
uwave equipment outside, despite the grounding.  Direct lightning 
strikes are so intense and large.  Lightning is also an RF event.  What 
happens in a near but safe place can create very large currents in 
nearby conductors.



73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

G4GNX wrote on 5/4/2024 5:45 PM:
> Probably a great device, but why would Elecraft risk infringing someone else’s patent and increasing the price of the K4 by an extra $100, rather than letting the individual decide if they need and buy their own?
>
> 73,
> Alan - G4GNX
> South Coast UK
> Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500 / IC-9700
>
>
>
>
>> On 5 May 2024, at 00:36, Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> I am not an engineer and I don't know anything about electronics either,
>> but I am very receptive to the solutions that many radio friends give me.
>>
>> which made me think if the kpa1500 or k4 usb was built with something like
>> this,
>> https://www.blackbox.com/en-ca/store/product/detail/USB-to-USB-Isolator-4-kV-1-Port/SP387A
>> it might be beneficial or not, just thinking out loud
>>
>> 73,
>> Jorge
>> CX6VM/CW5W
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