[Lowfer] Lightening Havoc at " XR "

[Sean Cavanaugh]

Hi Andy,

Sounds like quite an event! Glad all it took out was a sound card. Hope 
you can get everything back up and running soon. It makes me less 
annoyed we still have snow on the ground up here. :)

Good luck and 73,

Sean - VA5LF

On 26/03/2010 12:27 AM, Andy - KU4XR wrote:
> The worst lightening hit ever in all my years in radio here tonite.
> I had all the radios, and my PC on, and was going to solder a resistor
> in a circuit. Just at the instant I touched the iron to the circuit;
> there was a huge flash of fire, a loud crack, and a momentarily
> stunned ME wondering what in the heck I had just done, all I did was
> touch the iron to the resistor, and then a about 3 to 4 seconds
> later, a boom of thunder shook the trailer. I then knew I had just
> took a direct hit. The flash of fire, and loud crack, was the arc
> from my HF antenna that fortunately was disconnected at the time.
> Absolutely no warning at all, not even called for in the local WX.
> No radio damage fortunately, slight damage in the PC. It blew my
> good sound card, and knocked out my ethernet port. I un-installed it,
> then re-installed it, and that fixed that problem. The lowfer beacon
> was disconnected from the loading coil, so shouldn't be any damage
> there. Now I just need to order another good sound card, and get
> back up to full speed.
>
> 73 all ::::
>
>
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
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