[Icom] Strike

[Paul S. Serio]

I agree with you, Joe. I work for a TV station and our 1000' tower 
regularly gets
blasted. At most we have to reset a circuit breaker. A really well 
grounded tower
is your first defense. Complete and total disconnection of your Icom 
radios and
their peripherals may be the second best alternative, as inconvenient as 
that is.

Joe wrote:

>I work for a cellular provider and we have experienced many lightning hits in the past.  Most damaging hits come in the power lines.  Suprisingly, the tower hits are not as damaging as the power line hits.  Tower hits sometime cause no damage at all (I've been at the site during a couple of these).  The power line is usually the culpret of most of the worse damage, and it is capable of handling tremendous surge currents before the breakers trip.
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