Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

dave wrote:

wrote:
I have an old 1960s Popular Science magazine around here somewhere.The
magazine has an article by a guy how to tune a tv set to show when a
tornado is very nearby.
cuhulin

When the TV gets sucked out the window there's a tornado very close.

Duh!

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

When my house gets sucked up and away by a tornado, po little doggy and
I are Goners!

GTT, Gone To Texas.
cuhulin

(OT) Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

wrote:

When my house gets sucked up and away by a tornado, po little doggy and
I are Goners!

Nah, you'll wake up in OZ, and, if you're lucky, your house will fall on the
evil Witch of Washington.

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

On May 29, 8:49 am, dxAce wrote:


When the TV gets sucked out the window there's a tornado very close.

Duh!

No wait!

It might be The Invisible Man on a crime Spree !

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

Or, Harvey the giant Invisible Rabbit.
cuhulin

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

On May 27, 4:48*pm, David wrote:
- header says it all

Have a good receiver

Have a decent antenna..

have a thunder storm in the area

- any responses would be appreciated
Tks

You don't really need a good receiver or a decent antenna to pick up
the noise from thunderstorm lightning. Indeed I would not risk good
equipment for such a venture. Any cheapo AM radio will get lots of
static. Just pick a frequency.

Your question is somewhat ambiguous. I assume you want to hear the
lightning and not literally pick up the strike by becoming a lightning
rod of sorts.

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

Radioguy wrote:
On May 27, 4:48 pm, David wrote:
- header says it all

Have a good receiver

Have a decent antenna..

have a thunder storm in the area

- any responses would be appreciated
Tks

You don't really need a good receiver or a decent antenna to pick up
the noise from thunderstorm lightning. Indeed I would not risk good
equipment for such a venture. Any cheapo AM radio will get lots of
static. Just pick a frequency.

Your question is somewhat ambiguous. I assume you want to hear the
lightning and not literally pick up the strike by becoming a lightning
rod of sorts.
I hear storms 700 miles away on the HF bands. I don't think I'm risking
anything.

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

On May 31, 6:10*am, Dave wrote:
Radioguy wrote:
On May 27, 4:48 pm, David wrote:
- header says it all

Have a good receiver

Have a decent antenna..

have a thunder storm in the area

- any responses would be appreciated
Tks

You don't really need a good receiver or a decent antenna to pick up
the noise from thunderstorm lightning. *Indeed I would not risk good
equipment for such a venture. *Any cheapo AM radio will get lots of
static. *Just pick a frequency.

Your question is somewhat ambiguous. *I assume you want to hear the
lightning and not literally pick up the strike by becoming a lightning
rod of sorts.

- I hear storms 700 miles away on the HF bands.
-*I don't think I'm risking anything.

Dave,

Gee Wow 700 Miles away would be about a Half-a-Millionth
the RFI/EMF present at 1 Mile away from you.

I can usually hear most of the Lightning Strikes along
the Sierra Nevadas from up at the Lake Tahoe; down to
Mount Whitney; and across to Mount Diablo.
http://www.sierranevadaphotos.com/ge...getation_l.jpg

If you can see the Flash and Hear the Clash on the Radio
at the same time. It's time to think urgently about personal
safety.

FWIW - Remember seeing a TV program about a Forestry
Fire Lookout Tower that was mostly made of Metal. The
Fire Lookout Lady had a Wooden High Chair that had it's
Legs set in Heavy Thick Glasses. At the sign of nearby
Lightning Up-in-the-Chair she went. Be Safe Not Sorry [.]

Don't Be One of the Annual 80+ Statistic :
Who are Kill by Lightning.

being safe is acting safely and doing safety ~ RHF

Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning
 

On May 31, 9:10*am, Dave wrote:
Radioguy wrote:
On May 27, 4:48 pm, David wrote:
- header says it all

Have a good receiver

Have a decent antenna..

have a thunder storm in the area

- any responses would be appreciated
Tks

You don't really need a good receiver or a decent antenna to pick up
the noise from thunderstorm lightning. *Indeed I would not risk good
equipment for such a venture. *Any cheapo AM radio will get lots of
static. *Just pick a frequency.

Your question is somewhat ambiguous. *I assume you want to hear the
lightning and not literally pick up the strike by becoming a lightning
rod of sorts.

I hear storms 700 miles away on the HF bands. *I don't think I'm risking
anything.- Hide quoted text -

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The O.P wasn't asking about storms 700 miles away. He wanted to "DX"
storms a couple of miles away.