I put my coax end in a fruit jar!!!
n5ii
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Count to Ten B4 Cussing Ten Tec
> It is important to ground those disconnected coax cables in the shack...
> like using the ground buss Stuart mentions... as I have seen the damage
> an arc from the end of a disconnected coax plug can do.
>
> For example, it happened at my friend's SW listening post. He heard
> thunder from an approaching storm while listening to the radio, and
> quickly started disconnecting his radios, etc., and it struck his
> antenna before he could finish the task -- the arc blew across his desk,
> scorching the desk top, and into one of his radios. He said it was
> awesome and scary and scorched the desk, toasted the radio, and
> adversely affected some other stuff (phone, calculator, computer, etc.)
> while it arced.
>
> Seeing the aftermath, I am convinced Stuart is right... you gotta ground
> out the loose, disconnected coax or it could arc and cause much damage
> as if it were connected. Although he is only an SWL, I doubt there is
> any difference between a receiving antenna and a transmitting antenna in
> this matter.
>
> ------------------
> Happy Trails.
> ======================= Richards / K8JHR =========================
>
> On 9/9/2011 21:06, Carl Moreschi wrote:
>> Another thing to remember to disconnect when a storm is coming is the
>> phone line. I draw an imaginary circle around all my stuff on the
>> operating bench and disconnect everything that crosses that line. This
>> makes my entire shack isolated from the outside world.
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