[BC] Why you wanted to be an engineer...

[Stevan A. White]

nakayle at gmail.com wrote:
>  Reminds me how you can draw an arc off a hot AM tower with a
> screwdriver and hear the music in it.
Or a shovel if you really want to hear something!  I had a crew doing 
some work and a backhoe digging next to the reference tower of a 5 tower 
array and the operator wasn't paying attention very well and swung the 
bucket up and knocked the Johnny balls together and shorted out the 
world.  I was in the transmitter building and saw the VSWR light come on 
the front panel of the ND-10 so I went out to investigate.  I found 
everyone standing around scratching their heads and picking their noses 
asking if it hurt anything and what should be done to "fix it."  I found 
a shovel and reached up to separate the balls and pulled a small 
lightning bolt off the base of the tower.  You could hear the program 
audio, a lot of crackling, and a lot of "wow, cool man" type comments. 

Steve White, W5SAW