[SADXA] Lightning hit

Jerry Wothe jdwothe at cox.net
Sun Aug 14 20:44:12 EDT 2022 

Thanks to all that commented on my experience with the Lightning. 
Bill  thanks for the heads up on where to monitor the lightning. The comment I made with regard to counting between flash and crash goes on as I am away from  the computer but I will start paying attention with the site you mentioned.
Thanks to you all for the good wishes. The monsoon is not gone by any measure so there is plenty of opportunity to get hit yet. Be on your guard and disconnect your cables coming into the shack so you don't invite the lightning in. 
73's
Jerry

> On August 14, 2022 at 8:36 AM Bill Clark <bill.clark.jr at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> The following map is a great way to watch lightening strikes in real time in your own neighborhood. No need to count - the map shows the approaching sound wave also.
> 
> http://www.lightningmaps.org/
> 
> 73, Bill / K6WSC
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jerry Wothe
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2022 7:29 AM
> To: Darrel Emerson <demerson2718 at gmail.com>; Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector <sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [SADXA] Lightning hit
> 
> Hi Darrel:
> 
> During the DX season for me the tip of the mast on my system is 85' ft high. But prior to  the Monsoon I crank it down to where the mast is just 40 feet. But, it is still the  tallest thing around my neighborhood by a quarter mile or so. There are some  trees a little less than that away but best I know  they have never been hit.
> 
> That night I could hear the storm coming as it was  really noisy and then it was quiet for a few minutes and then  this hit. It was followed by maybe less than 10 min two more close hits that were less than a half mile away. In a storm like that I see the flash I count the seconds before the shock wave arrives to get a measure of how far away that hit was.
> 
> Along with the wind, that often comes with a storm like that and the likelihood of a lightning hit, it is exciting.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> W6XI
> 
> > On August 14, 2022 at 7:08 AM Darrel Emerson <demerson2718 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >     Scary.  How high is your tower?  My heart rate would still be racing.
> >        Cheers,
> >               Darrel aa7fv 
> > 
> >     On Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 06:08 Jerry Wothe <jdwothe at cox.net mailto:jdwothe at cox.net > wrote:
> > 
> >         > > Just  to keep you all aware of the danger of lightning, my tower took a direct hit a few nights ago.
> > > 
> > >         When  that occurred the whole house shook. The neighbors on one side said the car alarm on one of their cars went off from the shock of  the sound wave.
> > > 
> > >         The neighbor on  the other side, a ham, said all the GFIs in his shack tripped.
> > > 
> > >         All  the cables from my tower are disconnected from the shack and everything kept outside and tied to the tower. I checked any electrical device in my shack that was connected to the power and found no damage. I temporarily connected all my antennas as well as the rotor and everything checked out as OK.
> > > 
> > >         A visual of the base of  the tower around the ground rod connections showed no sign of damage.
> > > 
> > >         So I was lucky but then I was prepared for just such a hit.
> > > 
> > >         Many years ago I  took a direct hit and it wiped out a lot of equipment in the shack and house.
> > > 
> > >         Jerry
> > > 
> > >         W6xi
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