Reminds me of the time another blind ham and I were "exploring" 
inside his TR-4 Drake and I got across the b plus voltage.  I 
have no idea why we were poking around in there with the power 
on.  Those rigs even had  an enclosed box containing the high 
voltage circuits but, in the case of that particular rig, it was 
open.  Man, what a shock-o-runi! Jim WA6EKS

----- Original Message -----
From: Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:35 -0600
Subject: Re: acessible radios

ah yes, the swan 270A lol.
pretty neat rig with the built in power supply and all tubes in a 
very small
package for the time.
I was given a 270 when I was about 14 or 15 I think so I could 
have a decent
radio to listen on.
Of course, I had to golden screw driver the thing...one of those 
sessions I
found the big coil near the power tube that carried 700 volts on 
it...my
finger touched it and I was thrown a couple feet back...little 
burn on the
finger too.
It wasn't transmitting thank god so it wasn't as bad as it could 
have been.
Anyway, always liked that rig and when I sold it along with the 
SBE64? it
was still transmitting at least 100 watts on most bands.
I had tuned it way back then down into the 11 meter band of 
course and it
went right down to about 26.5MHZ or so.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: acessible radios


I had a National NCX3 for a short while that I tuned the same 
way.  =
 Except the power supply hum was loud enough that I didn't have 
to put my =
 ear to it.  Or maybe my ears were young enough.  Sure wouldn't 
mind having =
 another of those, or better, an NCX5.=20

 Dave mentioned the Swan 270.  I have one of those, got it last 
year, but =
 no idea if it transmits.  Receives fine though.  I have a D104, 
but again, =
 no idea if it still works or if the crystal element's gone or 
what.  So, =
 two variables.=20
 --
 Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
 Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



 On May 24, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

 A friend of mine who is a Dr.  saw me do it, and gave me a 
stethoscope =
 to=20
 make it easier.=20