[AMPS] SB-220 cooling

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>> From: Measures
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>> >All it takes is an unintentional "slip" during a contest (knock something
>> >off an adjacent shelf).
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>> How does the something that falls touch the filter cap assy and
>> simultaneously touch the contest operator?
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>As usual, when shown to be wrong you point in a different direction.

//   I looked at my SB-220 before I wrote the "wrong" reply.

>Without the case, lethal voltages are exposed in the SB-200.  If the
>operator is careful, it is not a problem.  If the operator is sloppy,
>the operator will wear a pine case ...
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//  As in sloppy from too many 811s?

>I can certainly see a spare pen/pencil falling into the (open) power
>supply area of a SB-220 and an operator absentmindedly reaching for it
>at 4 AM local the second night of a contest.
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>> What if lightning strikes the antenna?
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>Nothing, if the station is properly designed.
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Cheers, Joe

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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