Steve,

speaking of being shocked.  One time I had the protective high voltage cage
off my Drake TR4 and was trying to get to the relay box.  I had my mom
downstairs in my shack reading tubes I was pulling out related to the relay
circuit.  I snapped off the rig and a couple of second later, my hand came
in contact with the tops of the final tubes.  It was over 600 volts.  I
flew, literally, through the air and ended up 10 feet away on the other side
of the room after a horrendous scream.  I could smell burn flesh in the air.
My fingers had marks on them where they had come in contact with the tube
caps.  Mom said, "Philip?  Are you hurt?"  "Oh, know," I said, "I'm fine.
Didn't hurt at all.  I quickly returned to the rig pulled a tube out for mom
to read just to be sure she didn't ban me from the radio, and when she left,
for an hour, everything I touch that was metal felt like an electrical
shock.  Needless to say, I never did that again.  I hope this is considered
a ham radio topic but perhaps, if not, it may just save someone's life some
day.

Phil.
K0NX

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