[R-390] SAFETY

[Bill Levy]

Cecil

I agree, one pilot to another, safety is always paramount, and student pilot 
or new ham there is no difference when danger can harm or kill. Beat safety 
to death first, last and always,

Bill
N2WL
252BM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
To: "David Franklin" <dfranklyn at mindspring.com>; "Harold Hairston" 
<K4HCA at alltel.net>; "Joel Richey" <richey2 at mindspring.com>; 
<r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] SAFETY


> Group....
>
> The problem with that statement is that today you don't have to know much 
> about the Volt, Ampere or the Ohm to get an Amateur license....nor the Dit 
> and the Dah. (another soap box) And some of the newly minted Hams are 
> collecting vintage gear such as the Collins stuff that was spoken of and 
> our beloved R-390 series.  Picking up a variac at a local hamfest because 
> it was a recommended item to have if one is working on Boatanchors and 
> taking it home and just plugging it into the wall and plugging the newly 
> acquired vintage radio into it appears to be all that is necessary to the 
> uninitiated.  Wrong answer as was pointed out by Roy.  If you have been 
> following his topics recently, you'll also know he was invited by the list 
> Admin to post them...in detail....here!
>
> This thread is related to safety and the use of a variac complicates the 
> assurance of a safe environment to operate and test these radio's.  Though 
> not necessary for the operation of a boatanchor once you have confidence 
> in it, I would state it to be a necessary item on the bench where newly 
> acquired equipment should go first and any repaired items should be fully 
> tested.
>
> No topic related to safety, yours or the equipments, is a waste of 
> bandwidth.  If you feel you are all knowing and the safety topic doesn't 
> apply to you use the DELETE key, that's what it's for!
>
> If it saves one list member from having a bad experience or keeps one 
> radio from being inadvertently damaged it was worth the 
> bandwidth....period!
>
> These radio's are inherently dangerous to work on and the newly graduated 
> trade school students and/or newly minted Hams are not adequately trained 
> to work on them safely.....but that doesn't keep them from buying them and 
> trying.(a good thing!)  We should not only be sharing info on how to work 
> on them properly but how to survive the experience as well!
>
> Respectfully....
>
> Cecil Acuff
> WB5VCE
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Franklin" <dfranklyn at mindspring.com>
> To: "Harold Hairston" <K4HCA at alltel.net>; "Joel Richey" 
> <richey2 at mindspring.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 10:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Variacs
>
>
>>
>> Any Amateur Radio operator who doesn't knows the difference
>> between an Ohm, a Volt and an Amp ought to take up bird watching.
>>
>> That's a thought!  We could always use a few more people looking for that
>> "extinct" woodpecker ;-)
>>
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