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False Witness

January 4, 2013 by Carl Blare

What seemed to happen was different than what actually happened. Here is my story.

On a sunny morning at the desk, 1680 AM brought a very interesting discussion about how truckers are underpaid for their services, when all at once the transmitter went off like a blown fuse. Only background static remained.

At least that was my first thought.

The AMT5000 had never failed like this, and I was terrified at the prospect that my favorite part 15 transmitter had so abruptly gone down.

But what really happened was that my arm had pushed a notebook against the big silver tuning knob on the radio and switched to 1690 AM.

By tuning back to 1680 the world was repaired, and I was free to wonder if the accident had been a “sign”, as many superstitious people might think, and if so, a sign of what?

Then all at once I knew what to do. Go immediately to part15.us and warn others about the hazard of notebooks being too close to tuning knobs.

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About Carl Blare

Ambassador of Recreational Radio, owner operator of KDX Worldround Radio, webmaster for kdxradio.com, host of The Blare Blog.

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  1. Johny C says

    January 4, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    It was a sign Carl you need
    It was a sign Carl you need to move some things from your desk and make more room 🙂

    • Carl Blare says

      January 4, 2013 at 9:51 pm

      Mysterious
      Johnny C, how can you see my cluttered desk from way in New Zealand?

      You are exactly correct. It is piled with too many things.

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