Interesting topic.....I feel that the key here is parental involvement.
Know what your kids are doing. Amateur Radio Clubs, Elmers, for the
neophyte, the learning curve is steep, and so much depends on individual
ability and curiousity. Even the low B+ voltages is a tube-type receiver
can be dangerous, even lethal, certainly painful and life-changing.
Understanding what you're dealing with and study can prevent most
"aw-s..t" moments. Many things we do without much concern over how
dangerous they are a part of life.
Chuck, W6AJW
On 01/07/2017 09:25 PM, Fuqua, Bill L wrote:
I have mixed feelings about this particular subject. I worked with high
voltage in my younger days and was very careful
and lucky. Today those of us look back at what we did and would not want our
own children do the same. I also built my
own rocket engines which was common back then. Sugar and potassium nitrate was
the only ingredients but the process was
a bit risky. Nothing keeps a kid from doing the same. They can buy potassium
nitrate by the pound at Walmart.
Today we also let young children 16 years and older drive cars only after
a few lessons and simple test, some parents allow even younger
children use fire arms. Yet we don't think much of the risk involved.
So where do we draw the line?
73
Bill wa4lav
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From: Amps [amps-bounces@contesting.com] on behalf of Manfred Mornhinweg
[manfred@ludens.cl]
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 4:30 PM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?
Steve, and all,
I was nearly killed at age 15.
This seems to be a pretty universal initiation rite for homebrewers. I
used to be very careful and cautious even when a youngster, but still
couldn't avoid my own initiation. It happened when at age 16 or 17
somehow I managed to have a close encounter with the plate circuit of an
amplifier than ran 2.8kV. It didn't knock me back, instead it made me
cling to that circuitry with full force. I couldn't let loose, neither
could I speak or scream or anything. My lil' brother, 6 years younger
then I was, somehow realized that my strange antics weren't entirely
normal, ran to the house's electrical panel and threw the main switch.
I think he later regretted that. Big brothers aren't always nice.
Manfred
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