the ducky shouldnt attract lightning from u on the ground just sitting down, why would it? too small unless the lightning is so high generated and in a same area. becides ruining the radio if lightning hit it, i think that there would also be some life threatning damage of you holding it were holding, forget the front end of radio if you get hit by lightning
I've listenend to VHF sheriff coms during that huge tornado and thunderstorn in the northeast. terrible lighting and hugh booms of thunder.
At some points the signal would completely drop then pickup again in full strength.
Someone would be talking then like their radio just stopped, a few seconds later it was back again and he was talking about the same thing, as if he never keyed the mic twice, he just kept on talking to dispatch and dropped out on me but back as if nothing had happened, i think it was some kinda electrical particle thing in electromagnetic energy during storms
its odd things you can pickup during t-storms