[Icom] Damage

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:54:24 -0500

That sounds suspicious to me...unless the wall caught fire and the house 
burned....  Wonder if he had just gotten new insurance that covered him.

KD5SFA wrote:

>I feel your pain.....
>I took a small feeder strike about a month ago.
>I found that even leaving the ground attached can invite damage....especially if ground potential
>is raised due to a nearby or direct strike.
>I know people that have had radios sitting on a shelf in a box get damaged
>due to a strike.....of course the strike went through the wires in the wall behind the closet.
>The point here is that the radios were not connected to anything.
>
>In my book, all bets are off when it comes to lightning....it has a bad habit of sneaking into everything.
>
>73,
>Jon
>KD5SFA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Michael P. Olbrisch" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Apr 28, 2004 6:34 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Icom] Damage
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>WOW!  Sorry to hear this.
>
>I have a patch panel where I can disconnect EVERYTHING except the ground.
>My ground is a 20ft length of 3/4 copper pipe, and 6 ft of 00 copper wire.
>
>Fortunately, El Paso don't get much lightning.  No Tornados.  No Hurricanes.
>We do have wind, dust, and HEAT.  But over-all... a safe place for radios.
>
>Wish you a speedy recovery.
>
>Mike.  KD9KC.
>El Paso, TX.
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
>>Behalf Of William Diamond
>>Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 2:31 AM
>>To: Icom@Mailman. Qth. Net
>>Subject: [Icom] Damage
>>
>>
>>Well, folks, here is a brief rundown of the damage I got from
>>the lightning strike last Friday night.  This is just the ham gear.
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