[Spooks] Sorry about the newbie question

[Todd Dokey]

A nearby strike could induce a spark, but only it there is a path to ground. If it his your tree you would see some action.

Also, if a nearby strike occurs when your radio is on, it might destroy it, but pull the batteries out and let it sit for a few hours as it may only have gotten a static charge that confused it.

I had a dipole at 15 feet for 15 years at my dad's in California, and never had a problem. 

On June 22, 2014 12:30:15 PM AKDT, Justin Solonynka <jsolony at comcast.net> wrote:
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>If this is totally against the rules for me to ask a newbie question 
>here, I apologize and please ignore.
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>I just got interested in Numbers Stations (as a math teacher, I love 
>numbers and codes, and when I played some recordings I found online for
>
>my students, they were totally creeped out - which was a bonus).
>
>I got myself a Tecsun PL-600.  I'll be really excited if I ever get to 
>hear a Numbers Station live -- at this point I'm just interested in 
>hearing stations from around the world, and particularly folk music of 
>other countries.
>
>The Tecsun PL-600 came with an antenna, maybe 20 feet long(?).  My 
>office is on the second floor of my house.  I've run the antenna out my
>
>window and attached it to a tree, diagonally from my house.
>
>My incredibly newbie question is: Do I need to worry about lightning?  
>As long as I keep the antenna unplugged from the radio during a 
>lightning storm, will I be OK?  Obviously I haven't done anything to 
>"ground" my antenna, but all it amounts to is a wire running from my 
>window to a tree, about 12 feet off the ground. There are much taller 
>trees all around the house.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!  Justin
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