Ron relates getting an RF burn. I recall getting burn thru my finger from a 432 MHz 5w tripler. I always attributed it to the 800vdc on the plate but may actually have been RF. Poked a pin hole burn right thru my finger (very painful for a couple weeks). I was more careful handling live circuits after that (about 1966). The tube was a high-level tripler from 144 to 432 MHz. I drove an 832 triode with about 15-20w getting about 25% output on 432. That made my first contacts on the band with CW over about 40-miles. The output tank circuit used a metal nut can as a coaxial cavity. Yeah sounds "nutty"!
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