Bob, I have also had some shocking experiences but I sure can't beat that
one!
I am glad you are here to tell us about it!
73.
Lowell  W8QIY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob, K8LR" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 6:05 PM
Subject: station ground


> Another shocking story.  I may have told this one before, but I remember
> it
> like it was yesterday.
>
> I was almost finished modifying a G E low band fm transmitter to run on AC
> power and work on 52.525 MHZ.  I was making final adjustments on the final
> tank circuit when my baby sister grab the mike and squeezed the ptt switch
> which shot 1000 volts through my thumb.  I knocked my sister across the
> room
> and thankfully she was not hurt.  But my thumb was smoking and when my Mom
> saw that, she fainted.
>
> By the way, the transmitter worked great, my thumb healed up fine and the
> only bad thing that came out of that incident  was that I wasn't allowed
> to
> work on radios in the living room any more while I was living with my
> parents.
>
> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>