Phil,

Another jolt that'll wake you up is the one you get when you touch 
one piece of equipment that's grounded and one that isn't.  I had 
that problem when I made my first novice contact.  Picture a grounded 
Heath DX40, an ungrounded Heath AR2 receiver, and a TR switch 
consisting of a knife switch precariously perched on the operating 
table, and a very nervous Novice trying desperately to pick out one 
weak signal from a mess of QRM on 40 meters.  I grabbed the knife 
switch to change from receive to transmit and ZAP! A nice little RF 
burn.  Needless to say, the next day I grounded everything in the shack.

Steve

On Tuesday 4/25/06 11:34 Phil Scovell wrote:
>Steve,
>
>Those cathode little jolts were sure good about waking you up when you got
>across those key contacts.  Felt good.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX