Originally Posted by PoloMint  Even if the dish was earthed I doubt it would stop a direct hit frying whatever receiver was connected to the LNB. When radio aerials are grounded a direct hit on the aerial still causes the radio to burn out, just not as dramatically or extensively (in terms of connected equipment) than if it wasn't earthed. |
You should have seen the inside of a Time PC that I saw that took a full whack through the phone line, the parts between the modem connectors to the chassis were fried to a crisp...
