Secure that AX-1 whip

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This is more of an amusing story than a warning.  Me and my wife were doing some radio stuff on the KX2 a while back.  We were playing with the AX-1 whip antenna, not literally playing with it, actual Ham radio stuff.  Anyway, just as my wife was transmitting the antenna fell over, my quick cat-like reflex reached out and grabbed that antenna so it wouldn’t fall over, the equally quick cat-like reflex let go of the antenna and let it fall over when I received a bit of a shock.

My advice, don’t do what I did, it wasn’t the best thing to do, and yes, 10watts is a bit of an eye opener.

Thought I’d share a bit of whatever this was,

Take care and 73,

Mitch Johnson/KN4ONH
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[Rich NE1EE-2]

On 2021-01-27 21:11:-0500, Mitch Johnson via Elecraft wrote:

>This is more of an amusing story than a warning.  Me and my wife were doing some radio stuff on the KX2 a while back.  We were playing with the AX-1 whip antenna, not literally playing with it, actual Ham radio stuff.  Anyway, just as my wife was transmitting the antenna fell over, my quick cat-like reflex reached out and grabbed that antenna so it wouldn’t fall over, the equally quick cat-like reflex let go of the antenna and let it fall over when I received a bit of a shock.

I have seen 5W cook unshielded electronics from a meter away. This is just another example of why I don't TX with the antenna near my head. The E-field does fall off quickly, but that is not zero, and as you see from the shock, at the antenna it is fairly strong, even at 10W.

~R~
72/73 de Rich NE1EE
The Dusty Key
On the banks of the Piscataqua

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