Gives new meaning to "One for the ditch!" Rich
> On Jan 17, 2014, at 22:11, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Small ditch bag. We barely have room for the potato chips and nachos even > without the electronics. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > > >> On 17 January 2014 17:49, Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I ran into a couple that would store their whole ditch bag in the oven. VHF >> radio, gps...the whole works. Said it was a great out of the way place to >> store stuff and they could get it in a hurry. >> >> Josh Muckley >> S/V Sea Hawk >> >>> On Jan 17, 2014 1:38 PM, "Don Newman" <donrnew...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> This should significantly improve the odds of survival of electronics >>> stored in the oven. >>> But it isn't impossible that a GPS sitting loose on the chart table would >>> survive while one on the oven is fried by rf generated from current induced >>> in the body of the oven. >>> >>> We experienced every combination you could imagine in computers over the >>> years. >>> >>> One good war story was the computer on the second story of a building near >>> the Welland canal the crashed occasionally from radar of a passing ship. >>> Took a long time to spot that one. >>> >>> >>> Don Newman >>> C&C 44 >>> >>>> On Jan 16, 2014, at 19:58, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The concept, IIRC, is that the metal oven acts as a Faraday cage when it's >>>> closed and there is no entry point for a sideflash. I'm sure someone will >>>> correct me here. >>>> >>>> Jim Watts >>>> Paradigm Shift >>>> C&C 35 Mk III >>>> Victoria, BC >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 16 January 2014 16:42, Jimmy Kelly <kellyjimmy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> have not heard of oven storage before..would like to hear more...i was >>>>> hit by lightning a number years a go ...only electrics not totally >>>>> fried was spare b&g rdf...was not trailing ground from shrouds as >>>>> was & is still a habit thanks. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>>>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>>>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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