Just to be clear I had no radio gear there at the beach or probably will ever. I am concerned about my gear here in Houston which, at this time, IS poorly protected and through the lightning strike at the beach made realize how much more vunderable I really am here now. Are lightning arrestors any good I've heard in some posts that they are snake oil. *Thank you* for your thoughts for our beach house. Yes I hated to hear about our losses there and all the surrounding beach houses all had losses too from this but not as much as ours. I will contact the light company for added protection coming in from the lines to see if they can help.
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Gayle Dotts <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve got a beach house in Gulf Shores Alabama. Last week it had a direct > hit to the house by lightning, took out the refrigerator, 4 tv’s, phones, 4 > surveillance cameras and much more. Luckily It had no radio gear or > antennas there…which brings me to here… > > My NOW attempt to layer my radio shack for protection against lightning. > Like unplug radio, power and cables, ground radio chassis. I’ve have heard > an antenna doesn’t get hit as such until you ground it at which time it > becomes a lightning rod and as such now attracts lightning, so don’t worry > about the tower as much as the lines coming in. Is this correct? Sorry > for being so chit-chatty guys but this is a real concern that got personal > with the lightning. I don’t have much protection at all except a copper > rod outside my window with the radio chassis grounded there. I guess I > need to add more protection. I have watched you guys at field day just > ground the line, I thought, coming off the antenna in to the radio area, > was there more I didn't see? > >
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