[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Command key ?

[Mike Hanz]

Heh, heh...ya know, the question about provoking an arc with a pencil is 
something I bet every ham has tried at least once in his life.  It is 
reminiscent of touching a hot stove after your mom said not to do it.  
:-)   Did you tune on the basis of the length of the arc?

Bob Macklin wrote:

>When I was i radar school in 1952 we were taught how to light a cigarette
>off the radar antenna. Three years later we were taught why you should not
>track the gas truck with the FC radar in high power mode.
>
>>Trivia question.  How many out there used to use a wooden pencil to pull an arc on the ART-13 when tuning the antenna?  I always did until one day I tried to use a mechanical pencil...boy did that hurt
>>