"Doug" wrote in news:j6Ysf.3776$nu6.2234
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

The tubes got so hot the solder
ran out of the pins.

PRECISELY why I confiscated all the keys to Radio 2, USS Everglades (AD-
24), where the TBK/TBL Museum was located. USN Radiomen weren't trained in
1960s how to tune up a real transmitter. I got tired of being dragged out
of bed at 2AM just for information. Give me the freq list for tonight and
I'll have 'em ready, on time, without having to fix them every time a
Radioman got within 5' of them....(sigh).

Note to the Deck Force....Don't take the ground wire off the turnbuckles on
rigging going aloft unless you ask me nicely to secure the TBKs first to
save those burned fingers...(c;