Opportunity looms - RF carpet cleaners!
Mike, N8TTR
> On Nov 7, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Andy Durbin <[email protected]> wrote:
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> "Careful inspection of the air-spaced variable revealed a small bug between
> the plates. It was carefully extracted and viewed under the microscope. It
> was well charred!"
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> For the detail oriented - bug was identified as attagenus pellio (carpet
> beetle). They are common here in Arizona. They have a very high crush
> resistance but it seems poor tolerance of high RF voltage.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attagenus_pellio
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> 73,
> Andy, k3wyc
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