[SADXA] Saturday night storms in Tucson

[WD7F - John]

Yesterday evening was the first time I let my tower down this season.  We
didn't have that bad of wind up here but got a couple inches of rain.  My
Ringo is bent at the bottom so it has a slight tilt.
John - WD7F

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On Behalf Of Jerry
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:47 AM
To: AOCC
Subject: [SADXA] Saturday night storms in Tucson

Although I was in Texas when it all happened in Tucson I was monitoring
things. Antennas and equipment are the issue. Tucson had a real storm with
possible sightings of funnel clouds in the area with no ground contact. At
my QTH we got 2.3 inches of rain with high winds. Enough wind that it blew
over Cactus plants that took a couple of 70 mph winds in July. Some trees
went over as well with much isolated flooding. It is this very kind of storm
why I crank things down at the beginning of July and leave them that way
until mid or late September. All the cables to the tower are disconnected
outside and hung on the side of the tower.

A recent speaker at the SADXA meeting, who is an expert on Lightning
Protection, after telling us  all the stuff one should do to prevent
lightning damage to house, home, and equipment finished by saying, If you
really want to be sure you dont get damaged by lightning, disconnect your
stuff, unplug it, remove the ground from your radios and hope for the best.

Last night was one of those nights I missed but my place sure showed ths
signs of the storm. The antennas are still standing, so I guess they are too
small :-)

Jerry
W6XI
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