In the event of a surge (nearby lightening strike), everything in the shack should always be at the same potential – even if that potential is many kilovolts above normal ground potential. But achieving that requires providing some protective measures.
If you have done nothing in your hamshack installation to handle lightning surges, AND you live in a high lightning incidence area, the best protection is to disconnect everything when not in use – do that until you have a good surge protection scheme installed.
Fortunately here in Hawaii, we are not a high lightening incidence area. Nevertheless, lightening does . . .
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