How dangerous are radio towers? (ft. Plasma Channel)

What do you get when you touch a pickle to 7 kW of AM RF? Science! Note: DO NOT mess with AM towers. Or, really, any towers which you’re not qualified to work on. RF burns hurt—and they don’t really heal. Check out all our experiments at the 12 kW AM radio transmitting site just outside St. Louis, MO, with special guest Jay from @PlasmaChannel! Related videos: - Plasma Channel’s video: - Original hot dog experiment: - Phasor video - 8 tower AM array: And huge thanks to Covenant Network for allowing us to do our testing on their equipment, and to Adam Wright, who coordinated with us for the bratwurst experiments :) Support me on Patreon: Sponsor me on GitHub: Merch: Main Channel: @JeffGeerling Contents: 00:00 - Plasma and high-power AM radio 00:57 - Hot Dog 02:02 - Pickle 02:48 - How does AM radio work? 04:04 - Pickle, Analyzed and Tasted 05:40 - Bratwurst 06:05 - Vegan Hot Dog 06:47 - Corn Dog 08:14 - A.M. Breakfast Sausage 08:39 - Hot Dog Warmer 09:50 - Did we break the transmitter? 11:52 - How is the signal affected?