[SADXA] Hidden lightning damage

[Jim W]

On 1/3/2016 6:05 PM, Jim W wrote:
> My installation of an 80m dipole revealed some hidden lightning 
> damage, most likely done at the time when several of your stations 
> also took damage late this summer.  In my case I lost continuity on 
> several remote switch control lines, which today I finally traced to a 
> pair of RG-45 inline couplings.  The lightning arrestors and external 
> MOVs did their job and protected the switch electronics. However 
> several of the pin connections in the couplings themselves have been 
> unsoldered.  This most likely happened when a lightning strike a few 
> months ago destroyed a saguaro that was very near the house.
>
> I'll some get replacement couplings and retest.  Hopefully that was 
> the only damage and the remote switch will be on line soon. I'll know 
> the results in a couple of days.
>
> 73, Jim  W9FI
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I'm thinking jacks and typing coax designators.  Those were RJ-45's not 
RG-45's.