Another anecdote:
Summer of 1981 I was working for the BLM Alaska Wildfire Center in
Fairbanks as a radio tech. That summer a Class-A fire started near the
town of Livengood and only three miles away from the Alaska Pipeline
that brings crude oil from the north shore down to Valdez. There wa
The current can be an issue, though if you have anything metallic in
your hand. Solid state linear power supplies are basically arc welders.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 8/24/2022 4:52 PM, jerry wrote:
One of the most endearing things about my solid state linear
projects is that there's nothing
On 2022-08-24 14:23, David Gilbert wrote:
Several years ago before my house was fully completed, I had my coax
lines disconnected but just lying on the concrete floor of the room I
had my ham gear in. I usually had those lines terminated in a short,
but one day as a storm was approaching (it was
While we're on the subject of huge amounts of static electricity, I've
posted this before but it is important [see text]: Precipitation static
... rain, snow, and even dust ... can kill your radio, and it will do it
with no rumble, flashes, sparks, and crashes. On the panadapter, it
will look
Several years ago before my house was fully completed, I had my coax
lines disconnected but just lying on the concrete floor of the room I
had my ham gear in. I usually had those lines terminated in a short,
but one day as a storm was approaching (it was still at least five miles
away) I not
Working at Collins in the 60’s we had a lab with no windows but we did have 18
foot vertical antennas on the roof.
We would have NE2 neon bulbs connected to the RF coax feed lines and when
thunderstorms were within 5 miles they would start to flash.
We all then went out to the parking lot and ro
Not quite on the topic but FWIW, I had Delta Products Surge units installed at
the A/C line coming in to my shop. Both are grounded and then tied between the
hot & neutral lines. Fairly inexpensive and somewhat of a "whole house" surge
arrestor & protector. They are made by a very responsive
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