"Da Shadow" wrote in message
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"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Tim Perry wrote:
now i have been burnt a few times working on this thing... maybe it
goes
to
show that birds ARE smarter then radio engineers.

Birds are smart enough not to stand on the ground and put
their wings on the hot wires. :-)


actually in this case grounded or ungrounded makes no difference. the RF
just burns a very painful hole in what ever part of your skin you carelessly
brush against the hot wires. some of the vacuum variable caps have
adjustment knobs with metal set screws... ouch try to remember to only
adjust with your fingertips touching the bakelite. this is a very old array
built in 1949.



And the ones that don't go into the Field Day Bird Stew pot.

Field day -- participate -- you may need the experience when the BIG one
hits.
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