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Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Damage, Crane used to replace Orion Positioner

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning Damage, Crane used to replace Orion Positioner
From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 23:40:45 -0400
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Putting the plugs on the floor is a dangerous practice unless the cables come through a single point ground panel first. Without first grounding the braids you are repeating Ben Franklin's experiment. IOW, that cable is attached to an antenna, Better ti connect those connectors to a frounded panel/

73

Roger (K8RI)


On 5/14/2016 Saturday 6:18 PM, Hardy Landskov wrote:
It has been my experience that disconnecting everything and putting the
plugs on the floor works.
73 Hardy N7RT

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Damage, Crane used to replace Orion
Positioner

About two weeks ago, we had an extremely close lightning strike that surged
our AC voltage to about 6000V (estimate based on ¼ inch
<whole buncha snipping>

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