I had something similar (or perhaps the same) happen to me a few days ago, only I had headphones on. Likewise I don't remember the exact circumstance. I do remember getting yelled at by the XYL in the next room, however. And I was never even in the Navy.
--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Steve Ellington <n...@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > From: Steve Ellington <n...@carolina.rr.com> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Audio Blast attack > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 8:05 PM > Today I was listening around on 40m cw and messing with the > "Shift" and > Width knobs. I had the NR turned on. I was running the > Shift up and down the > range just casually listening to the noise pitch change. > Retired people have > this kind of time. I had the width down to 50 hz then I hit > the FIL button > to open things back up again and that's when it > happened. The most > horrendous blast of audio I've ever heard. My face was > about 12" from the 5 > x 6" speaker and it almost blew my glasses off. I > have no doubt it was FULL > AF gain. I jumped and nearly soiled myself. My first > instinct was to quickly > turn down the AF gain. I just barely turned the AF gain > down and everything > went back to normal. After my heart calmed down I tried to > retrace my steps > but have not been able to duplicate it. I guess it was a > CPU glitch or > something but it sure knocked a few days off my life. > I had this happen to an Orion several times back before > they got some of the > bugs out of it. At least I could duplicate and report it > but this one has me > baffled. > > Steve N4LQ > n...@carolina.rr.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
