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On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 6:51 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
> If you get hit from an open waveguide it feels like flame.
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> *From:* Jan-GAMs
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 1, 2022 5:03 PM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun
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> 1250 watts of 5GHz radiation or 2GHz of radiation (whichever spectrum it
> was designed for) is damn dangerous if not shielded. I knew people who
> died from that. Someone turned on a radar while the array was being worked
> on. He died. You could pull a Daniel Jackson, but Olma won't ascend you.
> On 1/1/22 09:04, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>
> Yeah, I have a radiation alarm. It was going off continually, for a
> moment I thought it was defective.
> Turns out I had a thermocouple wire leaking some RF. Burnt the piss out
> of my fingers, like picking up a red hot paper clip. Shut off the
> magnetron and the wire was totally cool to the touch. Bit of aluminum foil
> as a choke and all was well. Next step is coupling a second magnetron to
> this cavity.
>
>
> *From:* Jan-GAMs
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 1, 2022 4:08 AM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT having fun
>
>
> the warning about eyes and testes should be noted.
> https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation
> On 12/31/21 16:48, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>
> Pee on it...it works
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 1:37 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
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>> Got a pretty bad RF burn from some leakage. No blister.
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