Yeah, bleeder resisters don't last forever and you have no way of knowing if
they're any good or not until it's too late sometimes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: Shocking experiences!
> I've developed a healthy respect for plate caps.
>
> I remember when a ham neutralized my old Hallicrafters rig with TV sweep
> tubes, i.e. probably only 600 volts on the plate cap. He touched the tip
> of
> a screwdriver to the plate cap and it made a helluva an arcing noise.
>
> When a friend brought over the AL811A I purchased and was hooking up a
> jack
> for my tuning aid, you could hear the caution or fear in his voice as he
> worked inside that amp, even with the power disconnected. You never know
> if
> those bleeder resistors are really working and I think that thing runs
> 1800
> volts on the plates.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:46 PM
> Subject: Shocking experiences!
>
>
>> 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
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