On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 11:17:00 -0700, (Dave Platt)
wrote:

"Experience is directly proportional to equipment destroyed."

"Learn By Destroying(tm)".
"You don't understand it until after you've repaired it."
"Fire and smoke are good indicators of a major screwup".

Sitting on my messy workbench are two almost identical and unlabeled
coax cables ending in N connectors with BNC adapters attached. One
goes to a militarized dummy load and power guesser. The other goes to
the output of my HP8656A signal generator. It took about 5 years, but
I finally got them mixed up and plugged a transmitter into the
generator. Fortunately, either the HP8656A apparently has some manner
of idiot protection inside, or I was simply lucky, as it survived my
stupidity.
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/home/slides/BL-shop6.html
Maybe if I clean up the mess...



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Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558