On Thu, 21 May 1998 20:03:47 +0100 "Ian White, G3SEK"
<G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk> writes:
et. So I am asking it again.
>>
>How much damage should you expect? I don't know.
It depends upon your insurance company Ian.
>
>Nobody has come up with a real explanation of how the forces necessary
>to bend a filament are generated, applying the same principles as an
>electric motor.
And the proponents seem to stonewal land BS as much as our ...hopefully
EX...president.
>
>The other question that's still unanswered is what was the state of
>the
>filament just before the event? Was it properly centered in the grid
>cage... or was it already bent, so that even a small movement would
>cause it to touch?
>
>The same question can be asked about burned-out resistors etc: what
>state were they in, just *before* the event?
>
>I don't think anybody really knows, because even the "amplifier
>doctors"
>and "post-mortem experts" don't start looking until *after* something
>has gone wrong.
AMEN Ian!!
73 CArl KM1H
>
>73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
> 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
> http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek
>
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