Re: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-31 Thread W4AWM
In a message dated 3/31/2007 1:27:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Several people would join hands in a circle, except for two who would each grab one hand onto a wire attached to one of the terminals of the magneto. Then an assistant would start cranking the

Re: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-31 Thread Jim Hill
Can't let this thread stop. My son had a friend who would connect IC' s to 110V at their electronics class, The IC's would break open and fire would shoot out. A few years later the friend visited my son and they decided to go to the class and say hello to the instructor. He

Re: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-30 Thread Bill Smith
Did you practice this exercise just before a test? :-} - Original Message - From: D. Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:27 PM Subject: [AMRadio] More electricity In high school we used to play a variation of chicken using a

RE: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-30 Thread D. Chester
Nope, you're sure not. My Radio Electronics instructor tired of people fiddling with things on his desk in the lab and set a charged can capacitor on it. It wasn't long before we heard the yelp and then the laughter from Mr. Cannon! No! It wasn't me. Of course, that was the early 60's, you'd

Re: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-28 Thread Mike Sawyer
Funny, we used to do the same thing in our electronic shop at S.U.N.A.V.T.S. Mod-U-Lator, Mike(y) W3SLK When I was in High School Voc.Tech. in the late 60's we used to charge up a good axial H.V. electrolytic with the leads wrapped around the ends and say catch, to an unspecting

RE: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-28 Thread Rick Brashear
Nope, you're sure not. My Radio Electronics instructor tired of people fiddling with things on his desk in the lab and set a charged can capacitor on it. It wasn't long before we heard the yelp and then the laughter from Mr. Cannon! No! It wasn't me. Of course, that was the early 60's, you'd

Re: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-28 Thread Bill Smith
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net When I was in High School Voc.Tech. in the late 60's we used to charge up a good axial H.V. electrolytic with the leads wrapped around the ends and say catch, to

Re: [AMRadio] More electricity

2007-03-28 Thread david knepper
at 12 Noon EDST Collins Chatroom - Daily at 4 PM EDST on 7.208 Mhz - Original Message - From: Rick Brashear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] More electricity Nope