[Lowfer] MP in CT

[Bill Ashlock]

> No cropping needed. He has an "mW" antenna that he combines with his 
> regular antenna. Voila -- no "Wm".  JA

Then he has a lot more understanding that I do as to which signal, the Wm or 
the mW, is coming from that site :) . Every time there's a thunder storm, 
and there's a quick power interruption, the darn thing reverses.

I'm still trying to come up with an effective way to kept the high power 
surges, resulting from lightning hitting the power lines, from snapping 
across the pump pressure switch and then finding a good ground at the 
submersible pump, 210 ft down. Eventually there will be a failure of either 
the pump motor or the pressure switch, maybe keeping the pump on all the 
time and flooding the little cabin (built on a concrete slab and very 
tightly constructed). Maybe there's some help out there?

Last week I was, again, startled by a loud pop from the direction of the 
pressure switch. Approx a second  later was the clap of thunder. This 
computes to a quarter mile and indeed my friend a quarter of a mile away 
reported seeing his utility pole receive a good bolt. There are ground wires 
leading from the top conductor (the neutral of the 7200v line) on most of 
the poles in that area but the ground conductivity is so poor that they 
don't do a lot of good. Apparently it's a differential mode spike making its 
way through the transformer, near the road, that steps down the 7200v line 
to 120/120v because my new #8 ground wire running between the neutral line 
at the breaker box and the well casing hasn't been effective. Was thinking 
about adding a spark gap or a large MOV between both sides of the line and 
the ground connection to the casing.

Bill