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Aerials & s

Years ago we had a strange incident at our club water in Johannesburg - a friend Neville was trying to adjust a valve on his steam boat and was leaning over it trying for the right position - giving short blips on his transmitter to check . The aerial was pointing outside the fenced off club circle. An elderly spectator was leaning over the fence to try and see what was going on - with the aerial tip close to his chest . All of a sudden the spectator leapt about as if he had St Vitus dance - nearly falling over in the process ......... Turned out he had a fitted and it had gone berserk as Neville blipped the transmitter - if he had been holding it on the spectator might well have had a heart attack and died. Fortunately he recovered quickly and saw the funny side of it..........One of those people who are able to laugh at themselves. If I remember correctly his comment was "serves me right for sticking my nose in ". Wonder if 2.4ghz would do the same ? we were all using 27mhz at the time.........

5 years ago by redpmg