So That Others May Live
Jul 2013 - Aug 2017 RIP
Not sure what killed it. Lightning is a natural suspect, so I'd like to think it died a heroic death, giving its all to save the station
However, even though I only run 500W, voltages can get
very sporty on my multi-element, ladder line fed, fan dipole/half square franken-antenna. I killed a 5KW rated DX Engineering balun and have since moved up to a 10KW unit, which is doing fine so far, although I can saturate it on 160M where the antenna can't go but the tuner can
So it's possible that I killed it and not Mother Nature. I've ordered an M-303U which is 8KW rated. Perhaps it will last a bit longer!