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June 25th 06, 03:17 PM
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rf burn
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
.com... 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? You could probably hang by one hand from a 20 kV power line and be OK as long as you didn't complete a current path to another wire or ground. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp Beware of the gradient! |
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