He had one job .... On Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 1:59 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Never forget the time when an irate customer (that you all know) called me > fuming because my antenna shorted out his radio. > > It was my Optic series. Waveguide interface. > Shorting out the radio. May have ruined a bazillion dollar radio. > > I was pretty sure I knew exactly what the problem was, but I played nice > and humored them. > > “Sorry about that, did not realize there was any electrical connection > between my antenna and the radio circuitry. Hmmm. > “You sure your grounding and bonding is set up right? > > “What kind of idiot do think I am. Of course it is grounded right down in > the basement. > ( > IDU – ODU type of radio). Hmmm (I am not going to tell you what kind > idiot I think you are just now). > > “Try this: Take the feed horn out and try it. Won’t hurt anything, just > less gain. > > Took feedhorn out, antenna still shorting the radio. > “OK so it is not the actual antenna because you just removed the actual > antenna. > > “OK Try this, just unsnap the radio from the antenna, does the radio > work? Yep. > > “OK try this, touch any part of the radio that is bare metal to the > tower. > Silence. > “What happened? > Silence. > “Are you guys there? > “We will call you back. > > They never called back. I had to bug the owner of the company. > They tied the negative of the power supply to ground because everybody > knows that negative is ground and positive is hot! > I still didn’t tell them what kind of idiot I thought they were. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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