- You'll drive yourself batty trying to figure out why lightning does
what it does.

- Might there have been *two* strikes? The one that hit your antenna &
damaged the Hi-Z input, and *another* one that hit the power lines &
damaged the other equipment?

- Even if there was only one, that strike on the antenna would have
induced some pretty high voltages on the AC line, which could have
caused the damage to the other gear.

- Around here you can pretty much assume there will be at least one
thunderstorm within 100 miles of Nashville on any given summer day.
From about early April through about late September, I leave my
antennas disconnected when not in use.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
- You'll drive yourself batty trying to figure out why lightning does
what it does.

- Might there have been *two* strikes? The one that hit your antenna &
damaged the Hi-Z input, and *another* one that hit the power lines &
damaged the other equipment?

- Even if there was only one, that strike on the antenna would have
induced some pretty high voltages on the AC line, which could have
caused the damage to the other gear.

- Around here you can pretty much assume there will be at least one
thunderstorm within 100 miles of Nashville on any given summer day. From
about early April through about late September, I leave my antennas
disconnected when not in use.

Hey Doug,
I checked out your web site. Fascinating stuff especially the F2 skip
recording from 1938 of the BBC, captured in N.Y. I managed a signal
while in N.C. (near Cherokee) from a station in Kitchener, Ontario back
in the 70's. This is a good time of year for that stuff too.

Bill
KC9CS