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  • Re: What would 1000 Watts HF do if you touched an antenna?

    From Bigtexun Tex@yedmundi@gmail.com to rec.radio.amateur.antenna on Wed Nov 9 08:05:01 2022
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    On Friday, June 14, 2002 at 11:33:22 PM UTC-5, StarGazer wrote:
    What would 1000 Watts HF do if you touched an antenna?
    I don't know about 1000 watts, but several tens of thoussands watts will leave small burn spots and dark lines in the direction of the ground.
    If a kid walks up to a broadcast transmitter base where the mast is the antenna, and sees the spark gap at the base, he might be foolishly tempted to wack the gap to bang it closed. Even more foolishly use the heels of his bare palms to do it. There is a smell of burned flesh, and a surpprised kid. A couple inches of tracks under the skin up the wrists... minor pain.
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  • From John S@Sophi.2@invalid.org to rec.radio.amateur.antenna on Wed Nov 9 11:17:16 2022
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    On 11/9/2022 11:05 AM, Bigtexun Tex wrote:
    On Friday, June 14, 2002 at 11:33:22 PM UTC-5, StarGazer wrote:
    What would 1000 Watts HF do if you touched an antenna?
    I don't know about 1000 watts, but several tens of thoussands watts will leave small burn spots and dark lines in the direction of the ground.

    If a kid walks up to a broadcast transmitter base where the mast is the antenna, and sees the spark gap at the base, he might be foolishly tempted to wack the gap to bang it closed. Even more foolishly use the heels of his bare palms to do it. There is a smell of burned flesh, and a surpprised kid. A couple inches of tracks under the skin up the wrists... minor pain.


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  • From Allodoxaphobia@trepidation@example.net to rec.radio.amateur.antenna on Thu Nov 10 18:42:41 2022
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    On Wed, 9 Nov 2022 08:05:01 -0800 (PST), Bigtexun Tex wrote:
    On Friday, June 14, 2002 at 11:33:22 PM UTC-5, StarGazer wrote:
    What would 1000 Watts HF do if you touched an antenna?
    I don't know about ......

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