Does anyone know of cases where houses have fried as a consequence of
ham wire antennas, "protected" or otherwise?

We all know of cases where electronics gets zapped but Jerry is
concerned about his house.

Be interesting to hear of actual cases, wouldn't it? Statistics would be
even better, but I won't hold my breath.

Chuck

Jerseyj wrote:
Hi all,
For years I lived in an apartment and just had antenna's in the attic ,
but now having moved to a house in a few months I'll be putting up a
10-160 wire type antenna in my trees. Given the recent spate of serious
thunderstorms, and the accompanying lightning, I'm a bit concerned about
properly grouding the antenna so that I don't fry the house *smile*. I
know about some articles on the ARRL site, but was wondering if anyone
else had some ideas or pointers on how to practically do this ?

Jerry