[Elecraft] Stupid, stupid, stupid - OT

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Jim W4BQP wrote:
Anyone remember drawing an arc off the plate cap of a transmitter tube 
with a wooden lead pencil?

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Many times! Only 1,000 vdc or so on there and enough RF to create a burn
that hurt like @#@#$! for a month if it found bare skin! 

What was it Forrest Gump taught us? Ah, yes, "Stupid is as stupid does..." 

It's mostly ignorance, though, not stupidity, and some of it pays off. Like
the engineer who was developing magnetron power oscillators for radar
systems in the 1940's and discovered that the chocolate bar in his nice
white shirt pocket had melted and made a mess. Curious, he investigated why.
The first Microwave Oven was the result - sold as the "Radar Range". At
least he got his revenge for the ruined shirt. I haven't gotten that sort of
revenge yet. Still looking (where's my lead pencil?....)

Ron AC7AC