Static damage?

[Hunsdon Cary III]

Elecraft Reflector:
> Some weird things going on at my station.  My across the street neighbor's front yard tree took a direct hit from lightning middle of last week.
> When I turned SteppIR control unit on for my Sundays skeds, it was inoperative; fortunately I had a spare control board and all is now A-OK.  Three IC's and power supply capacitor were zapped!
> My KAT-500 shows “Fault’ and the SWR 4 & 5 Led’s are lit as are the “on/off, auto, & bypass Led’s” and all Antenna Led’s.
> My K-3/100 turned on fine today showing 14.215 and, as I tuned down the band, it froze at 14.209; I turned it off and waited a minute or so and when I turned it back on, the screen is blank and the on/off switch doesn't work.
> The P3 and KPA-500 seem to be unaffected.  
> Any idea where I should start?
> 73,
> "H" Cary, K4TM
> Lynchburg VA

>
> Sent from my iPhone in Lynchburg VA.

H. Cary III
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[John K9UWA-2]

Sorry to hear about your near hit and the damage Cary

Start here. So it doesn't happen again.
http://www.smithspower.com/brands/polyphaser

You need to protect all incoming wires from your antennas, relay boxes,
rotors and any control boxes that are on the tower. You also need to protect
your AC lines coming to at least the Ham Shack and better yet the Whole
House protection is much better. It doesn't take much to kill the many low
voltage devices we all have in our hamshacks and homes today.

John k9uwa
Polyphaser turn Blitz into Bliss.
And no I am not connected with the company. Just a very happy user of
their devices.

> Elecraft Reflector:
> > Some weird things going on at my station.  My across the street neighbor's
> > front yard tree took a direct hit from lightning middle of last week. When I
> > turned SteppIR control unit on for my Sundays skeds, it was inoperative;
> > fortunately I had a spare control board and all is now A-OK.  Three IC's and
> > power supply capacitor were zapped! My KAT-500 shows "Fault´ and the SWR 4 & 5
> > Led´s are lit as are the "on/off, auto, & bypass Led´s" and all Antenna Led´s.
> > My K-3/100 turned on fine today showing 14.215 and, as I tuned down the band,
> > it froze at 14.209; I turned it off and waited a minute or so and when I
> > turned it back on, the screen is blank and the on/off switch doesn't work. The
> > P3 and KPA-500 seem to be unaffected.  Any idea where I should start? 73, "H"
> > Cary, K4TM Lynchburg VA
>
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone in Lynchburg VA.
>
> H. Cary III
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
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[Bill Steffey NY9H]

don't forget that long antenna you have running out to the street,
even if it's buried  your telephone line brings bad stuff in on it ,,,

it took out a new TV...router, network raid drive, all the phones
the junk probably crossed over on a two line phone to the
magicjack..then into the network...  now a box, happens to be
polyphaser...to 10 foot gnd rodS....
antennas were disconnected

bill

At 02:00 PM 6/18/2014, Hunsdon Cary III wrote:

>Elecraft Reflector:
> > Some weird things going on at my station.  My across the street
> neighbor's front yard tree took a direct hit from lightning middle
> of last week.
> > When I turned SteppIR control unit on for my Sundays skeds, it
> was inoperative; fortunately I had a spare control board and all is
> now A-OK.  Three IC's and power supply capacitor were zapped!
> > My KAT-500 shows "Fault' and the SWR 4 & 5 Led's are lit as are
> the "on/off, auto, & bypass Led's" and all Antenna Led's.
> > My K-3/100 turned on fine today showing 14.215 and, as I tuned
> down the band, it froze at 14.209; I turned it off and waited a
> minute or so and when I turned it back on, the screen is blank and
> the on/off switch doesn't work.
> > The P3 and KPA-500 seem to be unaffected.
> > Any idea where I should start?
> > 73,
> > "H" Cary, K4TM
> > Lynchburg VA
>
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone in Lynchburg VA.
>
>H. Cary III
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>
>
>
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