What happens when you touch a pickle to an AM radio tower
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What happens when you touch a pickle to an AM radio tower
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#2OK that was pretty unexpected :)
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#3Being curious is a virtue. Now I know how to avoid having to deal with a copper flavored pickle if I get too close to my nearest AM transmitter.
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#4Not to state the obvious, but isn't there a damned good reason the tower is fenced off? You can see the fence in several of the pictures.
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#5How is it possible that these towers have not been made more difficult to access? Is it usual for them to be secured only by a low fence?!
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#6I mentioned over dinner at my parents house (about 20 years ago) that I'd read that running 240v through a gherkin would cause it to glow - and pretty much as soon as dinner was over, my father and I had the experiment set up.
Gherkins and even pickled onions glowed brilliantly. I set up a basic site to share the video we'd taken and details of the experiment, and shared it to B3ta. Sadly all lost to time.
Re: What happens when you touch a pickle to an AM radio tower
#7Not to state the obvious, but isn't there a damned good reason the tower is fenced off? You can see the fence in several of the pictures.
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#8How is it possible that these towers have not been made more difficult to access? Is it usual for them to be secured only by a low fence?!
The AM radio tower that I know is near me has a short wooden fence close to the tower, and then a larger area surrounded by a high fence with barbed wire tops and warning signs.
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#9How is it possible that these towers have not been made more difficult to access? Is it usual for them to be secured only by a low fence?!
As soon as some kids jump over the fence and at least one of them ends up in a hospital with a severe condition, those fences will get replaced.
Re: What happens when you touch a pickle to an AM radio tower
#10How is it possible that these towers have not been made more difficult to access? Is it usual for them to be secured only by a low fence?!
As soon as some kids jump over the fence and at least one of them ends up in a hospital with a severe condition, those fences will get replaced.
Technically the morgue is in the hospital…