[Elecraft] KIO3b Failure

[Wes]

I can remember when I was a kid having the bottom cover off an ARC5 receiver and 
watching the neon bulb across the antenna input blinking when the wind blew 
across my dipole.  Or disconnecting the PL-259 and having it arc from the center 
pin to the shell.  As we say in Tucson, "But it's a dry heat."

OTOH, back when I was still testing and writing about ladderline, my late friend 
Danny, K6MHE, sent me a piece that he had taken down that had moss growing on 
it. It all depends on your point of view.  As the developer of the pink poly bag 
said in a presentation I attended, "It's hard to get a static charge off a wet cat."

Wes  N7WS


On 5/10/2025 1:35 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
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> There are SO many ways the KIO3/b can be damaged besides lightning damage ... 
> static electricity in my very dry climate being one of them.
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