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Old June 27th 06, 03:01 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default rf burn

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:09:18 GMT, Cecil Moore
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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.



You could probably hang by both hands if they were close together. I
would not want to try it, though.

When I worked in broadcast radio years ago, I was always amazed that
service personnal would climb the 10 kw tower hot to change lights.
They stated they could feel potential between their hands as they
climbed.

Win, wolz
 
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