Eric,

Even if you could see the lightning, it would probably be a little late by
the time you did.  I don't know exactly where you live, but in some places
you get warnings about lightning in the area, and that's probably the best
time to disconnect the antenna.  You could probably monitor the AM
broadcast band and decide when to disconnect by the amount of lightning static.

Steve

On Tuesday 4/12/05 21:21 Eric Patterson wrote:
>Hi all, I have an interesting question for the group:
>         If you can't see streaks of lightening, how do you know when it is
>necessary to disconnect your antenna?  Sometimes, you can hear the thunder
>and you would disconnect the antenna when you hear it.  However, if there is
>a lightening strike and you don't hear anything, how do you know when your
>antenna should be disconnected?  Thanks in advance.
>
>Eric