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Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:18:37 -0500
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Bob:

And, now, will you tell the story about how you freaked your Mom out once
when you created some sort of static electricity generator in your bedroom??

I can't remember all the details, but I do remember the story.

We really did have a way of creating much trial and trepedation for our
parents, at times, didn't we?

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Bob, K8LR
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 6:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: station ground

Another shocking story.  I may have told this one before, but I remember it
like it was yesterday.

I was almost finished modifying a G E low band fm transmitter to run on AC
power and work on 52.525 MHZ.  I was making final adjustments on the final
tank circuit when my baby sister grab the mike and squeezed the ptt switch
which shot 1000 volts through my thumb.  I knocked my sister across the room
and thankfully she was not hurt.  But my thumb was smoking and when my Mom
saw that, she fa

By the way, the transmitter worked great, my thumb healed up fine and the
only bad thing that came out of that incident  was that I wasn't allowed to
work on radios in the living room any more while I was living with my
parents.

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

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