[W8MWA] Jan, you know about this, don't you

Jeffrey Fritz jnfritz07 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 8 12:46:34 EST 2024


I sure hope that the station wasn't on the air at the time!

I worked as a Chief Engineer at a number of AM stations and I can tell
you that touching a live tower can give quite the jolt--even st 1 KW of 250
watts. (Don't ask how I know this!)

73,

Jeff, WB1AAAL

On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 12:11 PM John Jacobs <nomejj at gmail.com> wrote:

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