[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 74, Issue 40

[Ken Eastty]

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>>> Clive Whelan wrote:
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>>>> You don't need a Henry 8K to get an rf burn. 10w ( that's t-e-n) is 
>>>> sufficient when e.g. fed to a random wire on 160m. I still have the 
>>>> scars on my finger tips to prove this, and the disgusting smell of 
>>>> burning flesh is hard to forget :-(
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>>>> Those were the days my friends, I thought they'd never end: where did 
>>>> they go?
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>>>> 73
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>>>> Clive
>>>> GW3NJW
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>>>> You don't even need a TX connected to the antenna to get an RF burn, I once had a burn off a Rhombic feeder just through pick up from adjacent antennas! Those were the days, sadly all gone now, there's nothing left of that particular station in Essex except for a few of big concrete anchor blocks for the guys of the 300 ft 'Hammer Head' masts. 
Ken Eastty

G3LVP
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