[Lowfer] MP last night - RF safety

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:33:59 -0800

Extremely careful....life and death careful.  And yourself and your cat and
........

It only takes a milliamp or so THRU the heart to stop it and you will then
be dead in what....4-5 minutes at most?  The best way to do this is put one
hand on a grounded surface and touch the point of high voltage with the
other.  Once the relatively high skin resistance is broken down, the
internal body parts conduct rather well.  And hundreds of volts will do
that.....it does not take 10's of 1,000 of volts.

Now, you can also die driving your car or taking a bath (if you slip and
fall ;-)  I am not saying everyone should shutdown and destroy their
transmitters, just that you have to be really, really careful playing with
toys that can kill you.  Treat it like a pet rattlesnake.....never assume it
won't bite you and never, ever turn your back or let down your guard.

Gary WA6DTX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] MP last night - RF safety

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Mitch Powell wrote:
>
> > ... I know there is rf, because I touched the screw on the capacitor
> > tuning knob, and now have a small hole in my finger ! ! !
>
> I've been wondering about this:  I know you are using alot more power (75W
> is it?) but I also realize that there is alot of voltage at the top of my
> loading coil although I'm only running 1 watt.
>
> How dangerous is this?  How careful should I be that my children don't get
> near any connections at the top of the coil?
>
> Sorry to be so ignorant, but this is a serious question.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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