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In Reply to: RE: HFAC safety posted by dave slagle on January 07, 2017 at 08:49:46
I learned the hard way about HF shock - in high school I was a Ham operator and I was outside trying to do some measurements of my "inverted V" transmitting ant. which was energized to 75w at about 3.8Mhz. I got the end of the antenna from my SWR bridge a bit too close to the transmitting antenna and zap! Left a dark pit of a hole in one finger as the signal found a nice short path to ground!
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A transmitting dipole or inverted V can build up very high voltage, even at low power levels. It's highest at the ends if it's center-fed.
nt
I was 14 years old, touched my 80M antenna running about 50W, burned a hole into my finger. That sucker hurt for a week!
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