[SADXA] Fwd: [CADXA] Lightning strike at WA1S

[Jim Wysocki]

A couple of years ago I had a lightning arrestor at the bottom of the 
tower that took one for the team.  The strike passed from the antenna, 
through the arrestor, and then into the ground rods at the base of the 
tower.

There was no other damage aside from the unit reading a dead short 
across it.  I thought that would be a cheap and simple repair since it 
had a removable gas tube.  But that was not to be.  The access plug had 
become welded to the arrestor box, and so the shorted gas tube was 
permanently sealed in place.  Fortunately I had a spare one from a 
different manufacturer, so the replacement didn't take much time to do.  
I consider myself lucky that nothing else was damaged.

Jim  W9FI

On 9/1/2022 5:29 PM, Ron Jones wrote:
> Aside from the general lightning protection we all know about, we should
> also have good records of our equipment so we can more easily make the
> appropriate insurace claims.  I am totally guilty of having essentially no
> written anything about most of the gear that I have that would be fried in
> a good lightning event.
> Ron k7rj
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 10:01 AM Jerry Wothe<jdwothe at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>> This is a forwarded message from the CADXA reflector.
>> The description and the photos are no exaggeration of what lightning can
>> and will do if you get hit. Some that I have talked to just tell me they
>> have lightning arestors and they feel safe with that.
>> Look at the photos and see if maybe that is what your equipment would look
>> like if you got hit by lightning. I have been there and experienced what
>> happens.
>> Jerry W6XI
>>
>>> Lightning is tough here in FL especially in the Tampa-Orlando
>> corridor.....lightning capital of the world....look at what happened at
>> Ann's QTH.....scary.  I've never seen anything quite
>>> like it.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2a. Lightning Strike at WA1S and WA1F QTH
>>>      From: WA1S ANN<WA1S at YMAIL.COM>
>>>      Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:56:44 EDT
>>>
>>> We are alive and well but lightning struck our aluminum pole which was
>> the center support of our Carolina Windom. The strike continued through our
>> pool ground (under construction) and took out a chunk off the back of our
>> house, lanai, a couple chunks off the cement walkway around the pool and
>> went through the ground and took out a bunch of electronics. Internet
>> router/modem, rotor control box, 2 - ICOM 7300's, 3 desktop computers, ICOM
>> PS 125 power supply, micro keyer II, security camera system, 4 port battery
>> trickle charger and ???? Still finding stuff. Looks like the 7600 and 756
>> pro III survived and the TH3, 6m beam and tower are OK. Never touched the
>> tower. A crazy thing that it came through the ground. The chunk that was
>> taken out of the back of the house is behind the radio shack and a
>> receptacle which a power strip was plugged into the wall was charred and
>> the plug was forced out by the strike. We have filed a claim with the
>> insurance company and an adjuster was her
>>   e today. An electrician is scheduled for next week and our well keeps
>> tripping the reset switch. Lots to do and not sure when we will be back on
>> the air. See attached photos. The last photo is the equipment which is no
>> longer working. Ann WA1S
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