OT -- but funny:
I was one of those kids who builds a railgun in his bedroom, age 11 or
so. This is later...
At the Avionics School in Georgia, 1964, I had a clock radio that
stopped working. This was bad because I needed to wake up while there
was still hot water in the showers so, when we stood Saturday after
inspection, I threw it on my footlocker, plugged it in, and started
troubleshooting with ambient RF noise
"WHAT are you doing?"
“Troubleshooting this radio."
"You can't do that; you don't have any test equipment."
I explained about ambient noise and said “Listen.”
Putting my finger on the screwdriver shaft, I touched the detector input
pin and a local AM station in the middle of its weekend SF program, came
booming out of the speaker:
“Major! We are in contact with the planet Mars!"
Could NEVER do that on purpose.
On 3/23/18 10:49 AM, Grasso, Charles wrote:
Hi all,
I am writing a column internal to my company about the topic
of EM emissions. Considering the topic(!) I would like to
add some humor to keep the reader engaged.
I would be grateful if any of you that have humerous stories
related to EMI that you would share them with me!
Thanks
Charles Grasso
(w) 303-706-5467
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