This is what a good storm approaching Katherine looks like on my LD-250 Lightning Detector!! VK8MA

Since doing the mod with a 90 V device, My QTH has had 3 serious nearby storms and it is still working. I have sourced 50 V identical arrestors. The Big test will be when I fire up the rig with 400 W 20 metres away. I am still in Darwin for some weeks with this cancer treatment, so won't know the answer to this one until late January when I get back home. Meantime there will be many tropical thunderstorms to test the existing setup. Seasons greetings to all in the project. VK8MA

OK, the VK8MA beacon is repaired and back on air. Still waiting on the gas arrestors. The Jaycar ones mentioned earlier in Australia are not available anymore. I have source 90 V ones at RS Components in Australia. Part no. 1911535. They should get here any day soon and until then I will shutdown and disconnect the beacon if any storms appear in out region.