>   `Gawwwd'! Please don't let me get into this thread! Help Me! I don't
>want to get involved! Ok, I can't stand it so here goes...
>
>   First, I've done most of the stupid things folks have mentioned
>(ie: Grabbing the 2nd Anode of a CRT before it was discharged, etc).


Brief pot-boiler to keep the thread alive :-)
A true story even though it sounds like a W Coyote / Road Runner skit.

Way back when, I was in the University radio club.
We had a TRIO SSB transceiver with VOX* facility.
One day it didn't want to load up to the aerial.
Associate started trouble shooting - leaning over the back of the set he
found the problem - feeder went to some inline device (?SWR meter) & had
come loose.
Holding the feeder in his hand he turned to me and called 'I've found the
problem" or similar.
The VOX did what VOXes do - I don't know what his SWR was.
Only about 150W capable so no great harm done.




RM



* VOX = Voice Operated Transmission.