Fried from the inside.Crews, staying away from the AN/ARC-220 high frequency radio antenna when it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have keyed up keyed up Adjective very excited or nervous keyed up adj [person] → nervioso; to be (all) keyed up → estar nervioso or emocionado protects your innards from being fried 1. (hardware) fried - Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a "power glitch" (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event. . Never get within three feet of the high-powered antenna when the pilot or crew chief is self-testing the radio or transmitting transmitting, v to send and receive information, signals, and so on; allows a therapist to perceive a client's physical, emotional, and spiritual states. . The farther away you are from the antenna, the safer you'll be. Touching the antenna when it is operating can light you up like lightning. Also, don't assume that it's safe to get close just because the blades aren't turning or the engines aren't running. Not so! If the aircraft has power and the pilot or crew chief left the radio in the automatic link establishment Automatic Link Establishment, commonly known as ALE, is the worldwide de facto standard for initiating High Frequency radio communications. ALE is a feature in an HF communications transceiver system, that enables the station to make contact, or initiate a circuit, between (ALE) mode, it can still harm you. In ALE mode, the radio is not off and the antenna puts out radiation that can burn you. In all modes except OFF, you won't feel any heat but--like a hotdog in a microwave--you'll be cooking from the inside out! Make sure the radio is off when you're around your bird. And never stand any closer than three feet when it's on transmitting, or in test mode. |
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