[BC] P.O.ed by transmission line damage

[Dennis Cope]

This is why the back doors on my transmitters have key locks.

Dennis
WESR, WCTG



 He should consider himself lucky  .. he arrived at the site to find the 
crew still there,and they admitted  that it was their fault... now it 
wont come out of his pocket.
 I recently  had an Electrician ( IBEW) come to my site to install a 
Voltage/current meter
 and I was on my way to the site. when the station went off the air..
 the kid  defeated the Power interlock switch on the back of the 
transmitter  and opened the back door with the transmitter still on to 
hook up the CT coils.. He had No idea  of the Voltages inside. Thank gd 
when the transmitter door is opened. there is an RF interlock that 
shorts the Antenna output. good thing he didnt blowup the transmitter. 
and the SWR trip shut it down.
Why is it People who dont know what they are working on  Do dumb things 
and play with their lives. My phone # was Posted Right on the back door 
of the transmitter...( Call If access is Needed)  I could just Picture 
it  me walking into the site and seeing this young Electrician  with 2 
young kids laying on the floor  cooked....  How do you explain to his 
Family  he died Because
 of his stupidity.....
Neal-CE WTTM
 member IBEW local# 3   gag...