Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
There's logic in this idea. When also 9 I decided to turn my father's shortwave receiver into a transmitter by wiring a microphone in series with the mains cable. Thank goodness it was an ex-army bakelite microphone - when I pressed the button all the lights went out! Simon Brown --- http://

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
I should point out that at age 9 I managed a sort of series - parallel arrangement. The fact that I am still breathing shows that I couldn't even blow myself up properly. Simon Brown --- http://blog.hb9drv.ch/ - Original Message - From: "Simon Brown (HB9DRV)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

RE: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread EricJ
If you had experimented with earphones, all of us here would all be using Japanese transceivers today. Eric KE6US www.ke6us.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wayne burdick Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:31 AM To: Elecraft Reflector

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Stephanie Maks
When I was in my early teens I was working on some project or another, that used the mains power. I remember I was always unhooking and rehooking it as I worked on it so I ended up just using a mains cord with an inline switch, that ended in a pair of aligator clips. At one point I had i

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Nick Waterman
> That was my first introduction > to 120VAC in one arm and out the other. Pah, you're all a bunch o' wimps! 240V in EU ;-) -- "Nosey" Nick Waterman, G7RZQ, k2 #5209. #include [EMAIL PROTECTED] The gene pool could use a little chlorine. ___ Elec

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
When I was 5 I brought a "hot wire" electrician's test screwdriver with a neon bulb and resistor inside to my kindergarten vlass for Show and Tell. I told the teacher, "You just stick this screwdriver in the outlet and ..." For some reason they wouldn't let me show the class. Leigh / WA5ZNU __

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Larry Makoski W2LJ
Nick Waterman wrote: That was my first introduction to 120VAC in one arm and out the other. Pah, you're all a bunch o' wimps! 240V in EU ;-) Power usage being equal, this would mean less current. 73 de Larry W2LJ ___ Elecraft mailing l

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Larry Makoski W2LJ
Two events in my life caused me to have a healthy respect for electricity. The first occurred when I was 5 or 6 years old. I was home from school with the flu; and I remember that it must have been a particularly bad spell as Mom had a vaporizer going in my room. One morning as I was gettin

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-03 Thread Joe-aa4nn
I wrapped my fingers around the Elecraft BL1 balun to see if it was getting warm while transmitting... duh... 100+ RF Watts. de Joe, aa4nn ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subsc

Re: [Elecraft] the fine line between "stupid" and "curious"

2006-01-04 Thread Andy McMullin
On 4 Jan 2006, at 00:52, Larry Makoski W2LJ wrote: Nick Waterman wrote: That was my first introduction to 120VAC in one arm and out the other. Pah, you're all a bunch o' wimps! 240V in EU ;-) Power usage being equal, this would mean less current. yea but it's the volts that jolts