DO NOT TRY THIS.

Seriously.

That out of the way, we devised a test to see just how dangerous the RF energy can be on an AM tower, if someone were to touch it while it was transmitting.

This tower was operating under 10 kW. There are many AM towers broadcasting at much higher power levels, so they are even more dangerous. RF burns can kill, and there's a reason there are fences around these towers.

Hopefully we have satiated your curiosity with this video.

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