[BC] Transmitter Safety

[Peter Moncure]

Got bit as a teenager working for KRAB, then a 10kW FM in Seattle with a 
40 foot wooden pole outside the studio.  Some wag had tacked an NE-1 to 
the pole at eye level, with two 6" wires extending laterally so the bulb 
would illuminate when the TX was on.  Being young and ignorant, I 
decided to test the voltage, touched gingerly, a little longer and then 
mashed my thumbs against my hands on the wires--and that's when the 
smell hit, two RF burn lines.  Never made that mistake again.  Did have 
a couple of wakeup calls with the "Jesus stick" though when bleeders failed.

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Peter Moncure, VP RadioSoft
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