Re: Wondering ?
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Amen to that. We had a ground-strike about 8 years ago that came in through the CATV drop. Whacked my cable modem and router and everything that was hardwired to the router (shack computer, echolink node, printer, my TS-480 (via the SignaLink) and a variety of other things). Also got my sprinkler controllers, the chlorine generator in my pool, and a few other things - all of which were NOT connected to a router. Insurance paid about $8K for that one. Since then I've gone to a mesh system router (eero) and everything is now airgapped. Not going to make that mistake again!
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Mike WM4B -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Perry, WA4MP Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QRPLabs] Wondering ? Most of the damage I've seen were hits to telco(PTT) and power lines I live in a lightning-prone location and that¡¯s been my experience with telco amended to cable broadband. Lightning zapped a cable modem and the ethernet port on my Mac. I¡¯ve since added toroids and cheap from ethernet lightning protectors for what benefit that may be. For lightning coming in on the power lines I¡¯ve added a used Powervar line conditioner. Pulled from service but still functional ones go quite cheaply on ebay. Ones with ¡°G¡± in their description can help with ground loop issues. If your antenna is on a second-story balcony, you might just bring it indoors when not in use. That should work and will eliminate any trouble finding a ground. ¡ªMike Perry, WA4MP |
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