Ok, I had just graduated "electronics" trade school. You know, 20 months of intense training in everything from component identification to superhet receiver theory, to radar fundamentals. It was in 1970 just before I entered the military.
I was visiting my parents home in Florida on a humid summer day. My parent's new TV was making some strange "arcing" sounds coming from around the picture tube high voltage lead. Yep, the humidity was making it easy for the voltage to "jump" to the chassis. Well, my Dad was reclining in his favorite recliner, watching me take the back off the TV. I borrowed a screwdriver (an oil impregnated wooden handled kind) from him. My technical expertise said, "just move the HV lead away from the chassis where it is arcing". So, that is what I started to do, with the set on, so I could monitor my efforts. Naturally, the screwdriver conducted the 15+ thousand volts to ME. The next thing I remember was him laughing at me after I picked myself up from the other side of the room....... saying, "yep, you are going to make one heck of a technician". 73 Harlan KI4IDA _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
