tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post4834808837270675219..comments2024-02-24T04:07:55.492-05:00Comments on ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION: 1961 ... N.E.A.R.james vaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10257538676931882302noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063748297872704759.post-13234416453168478072016-07-25T12:20:22.947-04:002016-07-25T12:20:22.947-04:00In the mid-1970s a friend of mine was an electrica...In the mid-1970s a friend of mine was an electrical engineering student at UW-Madison and worked in one of the labs part-time. He found a storeroom of NEAR receivers (there were at least three varieties in the storeroom) and smuggled a few out. We did set one off and the noise was a terribly loud clacking. My version is the one pictured in Wikipedia. I had it plugged into an outlet for several years before I came home from work one day, smelt the remains of an eletrical fire & found the receiver on its side. Outwardly the receiver was fine, but the insides were fused. It's now an attractive bookend.sitarswamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256034648847172887noreply@blogger.com