If. I brake something I will leave a message, with my name and request that you all bill me. KD6PPO I, have asked that us's use the following email to contact me (_ncotsg@xxxxxxxx (mailto:ncotsg@xxxxxxx) ) Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them here. Don't want my emails sent to you, say the word. Hugh Thompson 2 Feathers Support the 1st and 2nd Amendments. Need info, 805-588-1320, OOS, stolen. Alternate # 805-736-3285 . My thoughts, opinions, I write what I feel and think. I like opening up to others, to get youns interested in saving our great country. In a message dated 12/28/2009 2:45:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, j.maetta@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Happy New Year to all, This morning I had a scheduled 2 Meter QSO/experiment with another amateur north of San Francisco. I was disappointed to find that someone had broken the plate tuning knob on my 2 meter amplifier. It appeared that someone had rotated the tuning knob to its extremes and snapped the shaft, but not before jamming the two plates together. It takes many turns of the tuning knob to get to each extreme and cause the plates to come in contact with each other. Unfortunately I discovered this very shortly after applying 3000V to the tube. Not a pleasant experience. My last visit to the clubhouse was on Oct. 11 and the amplifier was in good working order. More than likely the damage was not from a licensed, experienced amateur or club member. Although more than a couple of months have passed since my last visit, an examination of the clubs log yielded some clues as to what may have happened. The damage could have occurred during the JOTA exercise on Oct. 17. Youthful curiosity with knobs, combined with an inadvertent, momentary lack of a control operator or supervision in the radio room could have resulted in the mishap. I will begin troubleshooting and repair this week. Enough said... We did complete the experiment using my 2 meter brick amplifier. 73 John N6VMO