[AMRadio] "Hot" Broadcast Towers

[BILL GUYGER]

At the WRR (FM 101.1)  main and back up sites here in Dallas, someone thought it would be a good idea to install electrostatic air filters. I gotta tell you it's no fun having part of your body in the PA cavity of a transmitter that runs at somewhere between 8 and 12 or so KV on the plate and 700 or so on the screen even though you know everything is discharged and grounded, when on of those %^#@(&&*^^^&((*&$% filters arcs over!!! I decided we can live without them.

Bill AD5OL




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From: "sbjohnston at aol.com" <sbjohnston at aol.com>
To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:40:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Hot" Broadcast Towers


>was pulling it out of its socket when the old Andrew dehydrator
>about 2 feet behind the transmitter decided to kick on.

I've