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Why you shouldn't touch AM radio towers

Started by Monsterlover, December 13, 2020, 02:34:24 PM

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Monsterlover

December 13, 2020, 02:34:24 PM
Seems that if you touch one and are also touching the ground (as in standing on the ground) the tower will conduct through you, cooking all your nerve endings while you, at the same time, hear the broadcast inside your head.

Watch these Russian scientists at work turning weeds and grass into what amounts to a plasma speaker.

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ducpainter

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December 13, 2020, 03:36:38 PM
Scientists my ass...

Hey ya'll hold my beer and watch this. [laugh]
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Monsterlover

#2
December 13, 2020, 03:42:46 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on December 13, 2020, 03:36:38 PM
Scientists my ass...

Hey ya'll hold my beer and watch this. [laugh]

Not a fence or warning sign to be seen there [laugh]
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Kopfjager

#3
December 13, 2020, 03:49:35 PM
Self correcting.
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herm

#4
December 13, 2020, 06:00:51 PM
I'm suspicious..... I've been hands on with a number of radio towers in my life without a similar experience.

Not in Russia of course.. [roll] [roll]
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Monsterlover

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December 13, 2020, 06:10:09 PM
Quote from: herm on December 13, 2020, 06:00:51 PM
I'm suspicious..... I've been hands on with a number of radio towers in my life without a similar experience.

Not in Russia of course.. [roll] [roll]


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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Speeddog

#6
December 14, 2020, 06:24:04 AM
Quote from: herm on December 13, 2020, 06:00:51 PM
I'm suspicious..... I've been hands on with a number of radio towers in my life without a similar experience.

Not in Russia of course.. [roll] [roll]


I an currently in Herm's camp on this. The alleged configuration of an AM antenna in Russia doesn't strike me as credible enough to assume it's standard practice.
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herm

#7
December 14, 2020, 10:14:30 AM
Maybe the Russians aren't grounding or insulating their antenna?

Never mind how I know this  :-X :-X, but if you touch the un insulated metal post where an antenna screws on to a VHF radio and key it up, you'll get burned.... [roll]
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Popeye the Sailor

#8
December 15, 2020, 06:42:19 AM
You think the Russians bother to install things safely?  [laugh]



We couldn't be at the facility during satellite fueling.

We had to stay in the "hotel" for "safety."



The hotel was within the blast radius  [laugh]
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Monsterlover

#9
December 15, 2020, 06:49:34 AM
[laugh]

I'm sure you felt safe. Probably explains the alcohol consumption levels.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Speeddog

#10
December 15, 2020, 07:09:17 AM
Well, I suppose 'technically' you're safer further away but still being inside the blast radius would be of concern.

I think 'simple but effective' is the foundation of Russian hardware philosophy and it does usually work. Perhaps they use insulators at ground level as that will work just fine for the tower and a pesky meatbag short is self-correcting so hey ship it.
Perhaps in the western world we put the insulators 10 feet off the ground and if a meatbag shorts that he had to climb up to do it.
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