Your impedance is lower...

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:59:11 -0700, "Frank Alforo"
wrote:

If I touch the coil in my tuner while transmitting I get a painful rf burn.
But a bird can perch on my antenna wire while I transmit 100 watts and it
stays there seemingly without a care in the world. How come?

John Ferrell W8CCW