At 09:18 AM 11/18/2005, Keith Dutson wrote:
>Something seems wrong with this picture.
>
>When I think of RF burns I am reminded of that time back in early 60's when
>I was on the flight line at George AFB working on an F106 radar system. I
>temporarily had brain fade and touched the anode lead of the thyratron while
>radar was on. Two things happened: 1) I was thrown about 6 feet away from
>the set; 2) There was a small black hole in my fingertip all the way to the
>bone.
>
>73, Keith NM5G
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What's wrong with the picture is you got both DC and RF together. RF
alone would have caused only the burn part, not the shock part.
Serious enough, but not life threatening unless the burn was truly massive.
73, Bill W6WRT
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