Hi,

Back in the 60s our college ham radio club was doing a show and tell for a 
local TV station.  The final act was a tesla coil demostration.  As soon as 
it was fired up we put the station off the air for several hours.  They did 
not invite us back.

73, Carl

At 05:09 AM 3/3/2012, you wrote:
>Apologies if I've told this before back in the mid eighties at w3vpr one =
>of the guys decided to refurbish an old 4 mhz spark transmitter.  When =
>he keyed that thing up he blew the 7500volt transformer on a nearby =
>power pole and the whole town of Davidsonville was without power for 3 =
>hours.