hahaha, a perfectly good yaesu 757GX he says. hi hi 73 Colin, V A6BKX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Gormley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 1:35 PM Subject: a twist on the lightning arrester story > > A number of years ago, specifically the first year category f was = > implemented, we were transmitting from the eoc in Prince George's county = > however, the gasfet arrester has opened up a couple nights earlier when = > he had a severe thunderstorm. Needless to say we blew up a perfectly = > good Yaesu 757gx.