I wonder if an RF choke across the antenna and ground terminals might give some protection? Jay
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JACrux Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Lightning strikes My K2 (and I) took a small hit whilst at relatively great altitude in ZS6. At over 5000 feet storms creep up on you fast and I did not see this one coming until it was almost too late. There was a crack; the K2 went completely dead and there was a small arc as I unplugged everything and threw the antenna cable away from the K2. I escaped with a tingle .... my xyl would perhaps say my thick skin helped. But unlike a well-known and much more expensive Japanese rig in similar circumstances, the K2 came back to life after being switched off for a few minutes. Power diodes are evidently very much tougher than PIN diodes ... (My host's Japanese radio has had its front end done in at least twice now by static discharges ....) Good luck --- John G3JAG _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
