[Hallicrafters] High Voltage Hazard

[Rich Oliver]

I try to keep in mind that Ross Hull, the Australian Ham who came up 
with the 1929 High-C Hartley transmitter circuit and many others, died 
when he got across the HV of an experimental TV receiver he was 
demonstrating.

I have been 'bit' numerous times when I got a hand between my Cannonball 
"Dixie" headphones (terminals at plate potential) and ground.  Somewhere 
back c. 1928(?) in QST there is an obit for some well known Ham of the 
day who actually died that way.

Can't be too careful!

Wishing long life to one and all,
Rich, KC9GQ

Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> On 6/1/05, Craig Roberts <crgrbrts at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>>Hey Bill, don't feel bad. Your problem was the result of an
>>understandable accident. On the other hand, I once reached into the
>>"safe" top of my Hammarlund 170A to tweak a coil or two and learned
>>about the live 117 volts on the clock's exposed power terminals.
>>
>>This was a really obvious mistake once it happened, but I found the
>>experience shocking nonetheless.
> 
> 
> I did something similar once, can't recall the piece of gear, but
> removing my hand at lightspeed resulted in several nasty cuts from the
> sharp screw ends protruding therein.
> 
> We're lucky that we got a second chance, and it's a lesson I learned *well*.
> 
> Not a lot different than the saying used in the aviation field: any
> landing that you walk away from is a good one. Maybe amended to say
> 'any lesson that you survive and can learn from is a good one'?
> 
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ