Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
Bloody hell, Shane.? You are indeed lucky to be alive.? So someone traded an amp with you that had electrocuted its last owner?? That was really nice of them.? I think I'd invite them to come and
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DAVE WHITE
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#36772
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
You didn't hear thru the grapevine, I emailed you and sent pics. Yes, it is true that I got tagged. Three times. It was NOT a direct hit, as some of the ass clowns keep trying to make it seem. I did
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1800 Toll Free
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#36771
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
I have tested a bunch of PL259 and depending on your luck they run about 4-5KV before arcing.? More or less the same regardless of the maker (the amphonels were not much better than the
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Jeff AC0C
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#36770
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
<Carl Dec 28 6:47 AM <Teflon UHF connectors and fresh RG-213 to about 5 KV or so; they are used <commercially in non RF apps to at least 10 KV that Ive seen over several <decades. ## Back in the 70's,
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Jim VE7RF
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#36769
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
Teflon UHF connectors and fresh RG-213 to about 5 KV or so; they are used commercially in non RF apps to at least 10 KV that Ive seen over several decades.
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Carl
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#36768
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Re: Solder Suckers
Nah but it's rumoured that it'll pull a baseball through a garden hose. Alek. VK6APK -- From sunny Binningup Family Businesses: SP Electrical. www.spelectrical.net.au The Velvet Fox.
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Alek Petkovic
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#36767
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Re: Solder Suckers
Or suck-start a B-52? Mod-U-Lator, Mike(y)/W3SLK Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 9:36 AM To: ham_amplifiers@... Subject: Re: [ham_amplifiers] Solder Suckers How about "Can it suck a golf
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Mike Sawyer
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#36766
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Re: Solder Suckers
How about "Can it suck a golf ball through a garden hose?" Edmund Watts ed_watts@...
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EDMUND WATTS
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#36765
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Re: Solder Suckers
Can it suck the chrome off of a trailer hitch, or suck-start a Harley ? Don W4DNR Quoting "Lee Bahr w5drc@... [ham_amplifiers]" <ham_amplifiers@...>:
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Don Roden
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#36764
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Re: Solder Suckers
<Been thinking of marketing a new line of terrific solder suckers. <Thinking of calling them the Stormy Williams model. <Any comments or suggestions? <Lee, w0vt ## U almost got it right. Change the
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Jim VE7RF
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#36763
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Re: Solder Suckers
I have both, and an iron with anintegrated iron and sucker.That works the best.But it's no Pace rework station... To: ham_amplifiers@... Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 2:01 AM Subject:
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Scott, KB3JQQ
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#36762
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Re: Solder Suckers
There are a number of "Solder Suckers" already on the market, from a rosin impregnated copper braid to a spring loaded mechanical "sucker" 73,? Roger (K8RI) -- Roger (K8RI)
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Roger (K8RI)
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#36761
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Re: Solder Suckers
Try to get an endorsement from Bill Clinton, that will guarantee success!
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Svante Nordenstroem
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#36760
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Solder Suckers
Been thinking of marketing a new line of terrific solder suckers. Thinking of calling them the Stormy Williams model. Any comments or suggestions? Lee, w0vt
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Leland L. Bahr
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#36759
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
I am ashamed to say, I have bitten a couple times by the high voltage in an amp. Both were from stupidity, but¡one with an explanation! Years ago, I built a Heathkit SB220. Did a super, factory like
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Joe - W7RKN
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#36758
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
Best wishes to Shane & his family for a speedy recovery. One of the *worst* reactions from the old hens here was when I said to always keep one hand in your pocket when dealing with HV.... Which was
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Randy Venable
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#36757
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Re: New PSUD-3 now in the works !
Several emails between me and Duncan Munro..who is also a ham. All these anomalies are being fixed as we speak. Also, if u do something stupid, like use less than the min inductance for a choke, on a
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Jim VE7RF
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#36756
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
<Carl Dec 20 3:49 PM < I stopped using those 30-40 years ago even at 2500V < Carl ## OK, I'll bite. What do you use for hv connectors ??? ## On a similar note, buddy with the hipotronics hi pot tester
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Jim VE7RF
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#36755
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
I stopped using those 30-40 years ago even at 2500V Carl
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Carl
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#36754
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Re: 'Toll free' gets blasted with 6 kv !
Solid-core spark plug wire -- Packard 440 or similar -- is the way to go. It's extremely durable, reasonably flexible, and good to well over 25 kV. If you're not comfortable with that, you can easily
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EDMUND WATTS
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#36753
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