Q Vince, KR3O, asks, “Could someone be injured by touching the ground side of a coaxial-fed dipole antenna when I am transmitting at 100 W?
A Most definitely! There really is no such thing as a “ground” side to a dipole. Although one side of your dipole is connected to the shield that goes to ground at the shack end, this is a “ground” for dc only. There is plenty of RF voltage present on that side of the dipole—enough to get your attention with a painful burn.
From QST November 1999
