27 Dec
2007
27 Dec
'07
4:43 p.m.
----- Original Message ----- From: "don" donmc@xtra.co.nz To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FT-847 Disaster - THE PAIN!
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In the commercial world of radio's (R/T) the Tait/Motorola/etc rigs have all sorts of "idiot proofing" built in....the most useful ones being FAST blow fuses or circuit breakers combined with a very large (>100 amp) suicide diode in the main power leads to remove power really, really fast in the event of a major problem.
Just remember, as soon as you make something "idiot-proof", nature will invent a better idiot...
;-)
George, KA3HSW