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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: wolf359 on July 08, 2010, 0340 UTC

Title: 26.600Mhz beacon off indefinitely
Post by: wolf359 on July 08, 2010, 0340 UTC

I haven't been able to hear it since about two weeks ago. I recently went out on a rainy afternoon hike and found that it had been completely destroyed by lightning. The damage is spectacular. One end of the dipole has visible arc damage and most of the components were vaporized. The SCH40 PVC housing was split open, and a corner of the solar panel was fried.
I was soaked and amused.

Anyway, it was fun while it lasted.
Back to the protoboard.

Title: Re: 26.600Mhz beacon off indefinitely
Post by: outhouse radio on July 08, 2010, 0351 UTC

DANG    i know just how you feel    GOOD LUCK with the next one

Title: Re: 26.600Mhz beacon off indefinitely
Post by: cmradio on July 08, 2010, 0511 UTC

Ouch!

Just when upper band conditions were picking up here, too :-\

Peace!

Title: Re: 26.600Mhz beacon off indefinitely
Post by: SW-J on July 08, 2010, 1423 UTC

Rats, like cmr said, just when conds were improving too.