JUST RESCUED A BC 1E. MY FIRST BROADCAST TRANSMITTER. LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCE ON DUAL BANDING 160 AND 80, IF POSSIBLE OR DEDICATE IT TO 160 ONLY.
SECOND. DO YOU EXCITE THE 807, OR REMOVE IT AND EXCITE THE 833'S. LOOKING FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE. IT IS ONE BIG HOG, BUT IS IT EVER BEAUTIFUL.. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. ROBERT WA3GGM [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 3 15:22:40 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Original-To: [email protected] Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.arczip.com (mail.arczip.com [216.126.227.134]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBDBB859C31 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 15:22:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from abc [4.88.83.12] by mail.arczip.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.15) id A0098F7C0146; Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:16:25 -0600 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mike Dorworth, K4XM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Shorting stick Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 15:15:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Mike Dorworth, K4XM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> List-Id: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/private/amradio> List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:22:40 -0000 My buddies. Never has so simple a subject gotten so much attention. I see extreme danger in using a resistor probe. Period.I have boxes of wirewounds here that are brand new. Periodically I test them and find several wide open. Old age I guess since they show no damage, Some still in paper, some still in boxes. The broom handle suits me fine after 53 years as a ham. I was taught at Ft. Gordon to work with one hand in 1956, the other behind my back. After 50 years, I still work with one hand behind my back even with 12 volt stuff. Sure, a broom handle might have a little resistance. A Braid firmly bolted to ground at all time, no clips please, and attached to a bolt, nail or whatever firmly place in a broom handle is fine with me, remember the braid is GROUNDED and about a few milli ohms at most. The wood, even soaked in water is in the thousands of ohms(megohms really) in parallel to ground. The insulation of the handle only comes into play if YOU are grounded and the broom handle point is not. You will feel enough to get away. The idea is to stay alive and as a LAST chance. Use you best judgement as to unplugging from the wall, watching meters etc. Wrap some electrical tape around YOUR broomstick, it is 5 kV per thickness for Scotch 33 I think. If it does have to work, hopefully never, the braid does the work. At work we used personal locks, called lock out, tag out, and used shorting straps to keep some one else from re-energizing a circuit while we were working. This is NOT what I thought we were talking about here. I was talking about the last line of defense for something that we hope never works. For this a grounded wire with no insulation would be better that nothing! For small stuff, 600 volts or less I have been known to use a jumper clip grounded to chassis and moved about, sometimes a surprise results, not a shock! Do it your way..just do something and do not trust a meter or bleeder. I read once of a simple 6 volt filament transformer killing a ham, It had a primary to secondary short and the frame was not grounded, contacting the 6 volt lead and ground killed him, no fuse blow but line voltage was present. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Dorworth, K4XM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Shorting stick > Flames coming.......ZZZZZZZAP. > > Broom Handle? wooden broom handle? Thats living on the Edge > thats what you use to play russian Roullette . Using that wooden stick > and you just may see > Jesus > I would never use a wooden Broom handle with a nail in it as > described below. > wood retains moisture and will bite you at 4000 volts.or less. Make sure > its a non conductive Plastic or better yet Fiberglass pole/dowel... > > > Mike Dorworth, K4XM wrote: > > >Discharging is not the idea. If all is well it will NEVER discharge > >anything. A nail with a good hooked ground strap in a broom handle is > >perfect. This is to keep you from making a sudden trip to the hereafter > >only. If it should ever actually be called on to work you will normally > >holler out the name of the Christian Savior in a loud voice! This is why > >folks in the business call them "Jesus Sticks!" >
