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Hey Larry,
How many times and you still didn't get the message?
Dang! It only took me once.
de (Scott) W4PJ
KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT !!!
Larry Molitor wrote:
> At 05:31 AM 6/26/00 +0200, Peter Sundberg wrote:
>
> > >In this ham shack I have a rule: There will be NO high voltage present
> > >anywhere during receive mode. Period. Non-negotiable. End of discussion.
> >
> >Larry, I see absolutely no reason for this.
> >It will only make things more complicated, and serves no purpose.
>
> Peter, are you trying to tell me that high voltage on is a safer condition
> than high voltage off?
>
> >220V AC
> >(Europe) is just as lethal as HV and we find that in all power supplies in
> >the shack . Why not switch off the 220V AC too during receive mode.. ? :-)
>
> I do. The 120 main stays on to run the receiver.
>
> >
> >The way to preserve safety is to use good cables, good connectors and to
> >think twice before sticking your fingers into ANY equipment.
>
> Many years ago, after the second time I woke up on the wrong side of the
> room with smoke curling from my fingers, I had an epiphany. It went along
> the lines of "three strikes - you're out!".
>
> Since each time this occurred, the equipment was in the receive mode, I
> sensed a pattern. It seemed my befuddled brain insisted that since the
> receiver was on, the transmitter must be safe, and proceeded to stick my
> hand in where it didn't belong. At this point I was reluctant to trust
> behavioral modification to prevent a repeat performance. It appeared that
> the only way I was going to survive was to insure my brain was correct in
> it's assumption.
>
> Since that time, many years ago, all my high voltage supplies have been
> turned off for even the briefest receive period. Also, since that time, I
> have not had occasion to wake up on the other side of the room with smoking
> fingers.
>
> If the above is not a sufficiently purposeful reason to do this, then I
> guess the numerous technical reasons for doing it wouldn't change your mind
> either. Each to his own.
>
> 73,
>
> Larry - W7IUV
>
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Hey Larry,
<br> How many times and you still didn't get the message?
<br>Dang! It only took me once.
<p>de (Scott) W4PJ
<p><b><font size=+1>KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT !!!</font></b>
<p>Larry Molitor wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>At 05:31 AM 6/26/00 +0200, Peter Sundberg wrote:
<p>> >In this ham shack I have a rule: There will be NO high voltage present
<br>> >anywhere during receive mode. Period. Non-negotiable. End of discussion.
<br>>
<br>>Larry, I see absolutely no reason for this.
<br>>It will only make things more complicated, and serves no purpose.
<p>Peter, are you trying to tell me that high voltage on is a safer condition
<br>than high voltage off?
<p>>220V AC
<br>>(Europe) is just as lethal as HV and we find that in all power supplies
in
<br>>the shack . Why not switch off the 220V AC too during receive mode..
? :-)
<p>I do. The 120 main stays on to run the receiver.
<p>>
<br>>The way to preserve safety is to use good cables, good connectors
and to
<br>>think twice before sticking your fingers into ANY equipment.
<p>Many years ago, after the second time I woke up on the wrong side of
the
<br>room with smoke curling from my fingers, I had an epiphany. It went
along
<br>the lines of "three strikes - you're out!".
<p>Since each time this occurred, the equipment was in the receive mode,
I
<br>sensed a pattern. It seemed my befuddled brain insisted that since
the
<br>receiver was on, the transmitter must be safe, and proceeded to stick
my
<br>hand in where it didn't belong. At this point I was reluctant to trust
<br>behavioral modification to prevent a repeat performance. It appeared
that
<br>the only way I was going to survive was to insure my brain was correct
in
<br>it's assumption.
<p>Since that time, many years ago, all my high voltage supplies have been
<br>turned off for even the briefest receive period. Also, since that time,
I
<br>have not had occasion to wake up on the other side of the room with
smoking
<br>fingers.
<p>If the above is not a sufficiently purposeful reason to do this, then
I
<br>guess the numerous technical reasons for doing it wouldn't change your
mind
<br>either. Each to his own.
<p>73,
<p>Larry - W7IUV
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WWW:
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