[Elecraft] K3 inline fuse

[gdaught6 at stanford.edu]

Ian wrote...

> The other important point is that fuses provide ZERO protection until 
> AFTER they have blown. In the life and death of a semiconductor, even a 
> few milliseconds is a very long time indeed.

I like to tell the story about a series of tests we did when I worked at Fairchild, in 
Silicon Valley.  Our little VHF silicon transistors were very expensive, and quite 
fragile.  We tested many fuses to identify which one(s) would be suitable protection 
for the transistors.  To summarize:  transistors are a very effective way of protecting 
fuses!

73,

George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 2-3, 2010