[Icom] IC-756PROII
anthony costa
[email protected]
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:26:12 -0400
thanks for the warning bill,this sure scared the crap out of me,i have a
756pro,ts-870 and a ft-920.all in my shack and all disconnected from
everything.i might build a bunker for theese damn radio's.thank god we dont
get much in the way of sever storms here in virginia beach.i track radar
every day.when it gets out in suffolk,v.a it starts to fizzle out.we rarely
get sever in theese parts.good luck with your equiptment bill,73
tony k2vi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Tarkington" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] IC-756PROII
> I cannot but help but respond to your comment. I promise you, it not only
> can happen, but does happen. It happened to me also about two years ago.
I
> had long discussions with the electrical engineering experts for several
> firms who made good on my $10,000 worth of losses. I had to draw out my
> entire connections for all equipment affected or not. I was in the room
when
> the stroke hit, and knew I was still alive when I realized I could smell
the
> smoke! Got quite and education from discussing with the various engineers
> employed by the insurance and other firms. All agreed on one thing
though,
> if a strong enough stroke strikes close enough, it will not matter that
feed
> lines, electrical power lines and even the ground are
> connected/disconnected. The electromagnetic impulse will absolutely
induce
> itself on all wiring within its reach and thereby do its damage. So, your
> radio could be just sitting on the desk top as was several of mine, and
that
> induced current will find a ground even if it has to jump through the air
> which mine did and through the wall too, if necessary. Later determined
> that the stroke hit about 75 feet away, literally blowing apart the
vertical
> antenna sitting at the top of my tower. Most hams cannot afford a
grounding
> system adequate to protect against this type occurrence. Even then, there
> would be no gurantee, but the better the ground system the more likely
ones
> equipment will survive the event. It made a believer out of me!! Bill,
K3YC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "anthony costa" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Icom] IC-756PROII
>
>
> | ron how did your 756 pro get dammaged by lightning if it was totally
> | isolated from all wiring?cant be
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Chris BONDE" <[email protected]>
> | To: <[email protected]>
> | Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 7:49 PM
> | Subject: Re: [Icom] IC-756PROII
> |
> |
> | > All this proves that what the old fart said, "Light'nen does its own
> | thing!"
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > At 04:21 PM 2002-07-21 -0600, you wrote:
> | > >Hi,
> | > >Speaking of a strike, I was once an EIC at large systems installation
> in
> | > >the basement
> | > >of a 7 story building. The system was fed by M-G set for noise
> | > >isolation. One summer
> | > >we took a direct hit on the building and guess what happened? Our
file
> | > >system was
> | > >all garbled. Took 30 hours to recover from the damage. No hardware
> | > >damage, just mass
> | > >storage contents was all become garbage.
> | > >73,
> | > >Tony, VE6CGX
> | > >
> | > >Matt Erickson wrote:
> | > > >
> | > > > I can attest to this. In 1994 I had a direct strike that fried
> | anything in
> | > > > the radio shack that was connected to ground. The only gear that
> | survived
> | > > > was not connected to a ground, even though it was connected to the
> | other
> | > > > gear that was damaged.
> | > > > A near by strike induces very high potentials in the surrounding
> | earth, if
> | > > > your house happens to be in this area, everything in your house
can
> | reach
> | > > > this same potential.
> | > > >
> | > > > At 12:23 PM 7/21/02 -0400, you wrote:
> | > > > >I don't have a suggestion for you, but I do know a guy who had a
> | lightning
> | > > > >strike near his house and it fried his radio by coming in through
> the
> | > > ground
> | > > > >line believe it or not. It came right up his grounding system.
> | > > > >John Miller N1UMJ
> | > > > >Owner: J E M Racing need sponsors and crew help
> | > > > >to chat with me AOL instant messenger JEMracing3
> | > > > >----- Original Message -----
> | > > > >From: "Malcolm Ringel" <[email protected]>
> | > > > >To: <[email protected]>
> | > > > >Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 11:03 AM
> | > > > >Subject: Re: [Icom] IC-756PROII
> | > > > >
> | > > > >
> | > > > > > A remote possibility: check ur VOX.......
> | > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> | > > > > > From: "Ron Tivey" <[email protected]>
> | > > > > > To: <[email protected]>
> | > > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 6:57 AM
> | > > > > > Subject: [Icom] IC-756PROII
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > > Hello to All,
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > Living in N. Florida is hell on Radios... I had a near
> lightning
> | hit
> | > > > > > > yesterday (AGAIN). All the equipment was unplugged and
> | > > disconnected but
> | > > > > > > the juice got in anyway. When I turn on my PROII it runs
> | through the
> | > > > > > > calibration cycle but then goes to transmit. It does this
in
> | all
> | > > > > > > modes. All the external stuff (TNC, Mic, AMP) is
> disconnected.
> | When
> | > > > > > > the PW-1 is connected and powered up alone it also transmit
> but
> | > > > > > > unplugged from the radio it works okay. I tried to reset
the
> | > > CPU. No
> | > > > > > > Joy. I know this has a solid state TX relay so I am
assuming
> | it's
> | > > > > > > fried. Does anyone have a suggestion on what to try next or
> | just
> | > > box it
> | > > > > > > up and send it to Icom?
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > Ron, N4GFO
> | > > > > > > Lightning Central......
> | > > > > > >
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