True, but that wasn't how you were supposed to do it.  Those Conway's 
weren't a vom, they were just designed to read across a meter movement.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Dresser
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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning aids, noise bridges, etc.


Well, if you connected it across the antenna, or across your key on a tube
transmitter, or between ground and some high potential you could blow it up.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 14:28
Subject: Re: Tuning aids, noise bridges, etc.


> Huh?  Those Conway tuning aids, I use one with my amp now, just hook up
> across the meter movement.  Not sure how you could blow the tuning aid up
> no
> matter what output power you ran.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Tom Behler
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Tuning aids, noise bridges, etc.
>
>
>    Yeah, back in the day, I almost blew up one of those old Conway tuning
> aids that way.
>
> Forgot to reduce the power to 5 watts when tuning, but caught the problem
> just in time before too much smoke got out.  (grin)
>
> Was sure an early lesson to me that I'll never forget, even though nothing
> was lost in the process.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Tuning aids, noise bridges, etc.
>
>
>> Yes, of course.  Then your rig is looking at just the antenna.  Only
>> thing that might happen is rig might cut back power.  One thing to keep
>> in mind as far as noise bridges.  The vectronics has a rf senser to
>> bypass it if you accidentally transmit into it.  Older ones such as the
>> older palamars did not and I've blown up my share of those.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>