[Lowfer] Lightening Havoc at " XR "

[Mike.WE0H]

At least you didn't get fried or the house burn down. Freakin lightning 
is scary.

Mike
WE0H



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