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