TELL YOUR STORY-EVERYONE HAS A STORY!!

[Bob W5UQ]

I know there are many other stories out there... do you "old guys" 
realize how the younger, in some cases not too much younger, HAMS have 
not experienced these things?  

TELL YOUR STORY... EVERYONE HAS A STORY!!!

The hams who have not experienced the "tube days" and some of the things 
we have experienced really enjoy reading about these stories.  SO TELL 
YOUR STORY.
Bob W5UQ Tampa


Glen Zook wrote:
> The r.f. burn that I got back in 1960 took almost a
> year to heal (I got it from my original DX-100). 
> However, the scar is still there today.  Just a
> "point" on my left thumb, but definitely there.
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> When I was a junior in high school the physics teacher
> decided to try to have an electronics class for one
> semester.  Since I had an amateur radio operator's
> license I got "drafted" to be his "lab assistant". 
> There were a couple of guys in the class who got their
> "jollies" by taking some of the old electrolytics that
> had the wire leads on them and plugging them into AC
> outlets in the hallways.  It took about 15 seconds for
> them to explode which gave them plenty of time to get
> away.  Fortunately no one was ever hurt.  But, between
> all the "guts" blown all over the place and the stench
> the situation was definitely not "the best".
>
> This lasted for about a week before the capacitors
> were discovered "missing" and the physics teacher
> "read the riot act".  Those guys stopped putting
> capacitors in AC outlets, at least at school.
>
> Glen, K9STH
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> --- Bob W5UQ <W5EUQ at VERIZON.NET> wrote:
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> Also, RF burns.  I've heard that they really NEVER
> really heal... probably just an old wives tale...  
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> Glen, K9STH
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