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You might as well give up trying to figure out lightning's
unpredictable ability to damage things. I had a direct hit on my longwire years ago and the antenna was indirectly grounded to the ham transceiver chassis. It still took out the output RF amp but did not damage the receiver at all. The antenna was totally vaporized and what was left of the ceramic insulators had the most beautiful copper plating around the holes! The same strike opened up a buried AC cable that controlled the yard lighting. That never did work correctly again and I was too lazy to dig it up for repair. I'm glad your FRG was not damaged any more than it was. I worked in high voltage physics years ago and it was facinating. Frank Tucson |
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