"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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People do odd things. Some times it is noobs, sometimes someone connects
the wrong cable and for some weird reason keys the transmitter, sometimes
it is someone just not thinking.

I represent the not-thinking group. I'm 68 and have been doing electronics
seriously since I joined the Navy at 18. OK?

In the mid-1990's, I managed to grab a cable I thought went to an antenna.
I connected it to my H-T and made a call. Well, that cable wasn't to an
antenna. It went to the input of my TM-221A. ($85.00, if you're curious)

If "Being Careless" were a franchise, I'd owe the fee every year. *sigh*

"Sal"