Original poster: Ed Phillips <mailto:evp@xxxxxxxxxxx><evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
"Original poster: "K. C. Herrick" <mailto:kchdlh@xxxxxxx><kchdlh@xxxxxxx>
It was around 60 years ago, as I recall, that the president of the
ARRL amateur-radio society died in his "ham shack" from electrocution
by his 1 KW rig. Ever since then I've been leery of h.v. Likely a
mojor reason why I've stuck almost entirely to s.s.
t.c.'s Congratulations on your survival!
Ken Herrick"
Found a brief summary of the story and it was more relevant to current
TC work than I remembered. He had built a TV receiver with a rhombic
antenna and was receiving TV signals from New York at a distance of 115
miles. He was electrocuted on the night of September 13, 1938. Quote:
"The high-voltage supply for his picture tube used a pole transformer
(because one was available), and in his usual impatience he failed to
excercise the necessary precaution." Lots to think about there and a
lesson for all. Probably "only" 4400 volts, but..........
Ed