Re: [IRCA] Frying DXers for DX get-togethers.

2007-04-28 Thread Craig Healy
> Here is the book definition of electrical shock: > An electric shock occurs when a person comes into contact with an > electrical energy source. Electrical energy flows through a portion of > the body causing a shock. Exposure to electrical energy may result in no > injury at all or may result in

Re: [IRCA] Frying DXers for DX get-togethers.

2007-04-28 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
Chaz said: And you don't get "shocked" on RF, you get burnt. /// Maybe it works differently in you Chaz. Perhaps you have developed an immunity after all those years of RF exposure! But what happened to me when I touched RF was definitely electrical in nature. And it was definitely shocking to

[IRCA] Frying DXers for DX get-togethers.

2007-04-28 Thread Charles A Taylor
At 05:12 AM 4/28/2007 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Paul- >You at a radio station, right??? > >Don't you know what RF 'hotspots' are?? > >Did you ever climb a tower that was next to a 50kw station? Did you get a >'shocking experience from doing so? Did you ever climb a tower? The towers >for WGN and WBBM