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[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
from ice? if you had impregnated the ice with say fine
copper mess, would it not also be somewhat of an RF
sheild... or maybe just a good ground plane for the
minature 160M vertical.... ummm I've said too much
already  ;o)

73,
Julius
n2wn

Some nice QRP signals on 40M SSB during IARU....


"Jones was such an accomplished master of the art of
spoof that he soon convinced the staffer that the
admiralty was trying to build an invisible battleship,
but had only been able to produce enough of the metal
to build an invisible topedo boat, which was still
troubled by the fact that the wake was visible, as was
the crew."
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[Alexandra Carter]

Aha that sounds like Pycrete! Fine wood fibers, mixed with water to  
make a slurry, and frozen. Interesting stuff, read up on it if you  
want to be entertained! 73 de Alex NS6Y.

On Jul 9, 2006, at 7:26 AM, J F wrote:

> Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
> from ice? if you had impregnated the ice with say fine
> copper mess, would it not also be somewhat of an RF
> sheild... or maybe just a good ground plane for the
> minature 160M vertical.... ummm I've said too much
> already  ;o)
>
> 73,
> Julius
> n2wn
>
> Some nice QRP signals on 40M SSB during IARU....

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[Doug Faunt N6TQS [phone]]

"Habbakkuk"- and yes, it was built with Pyecrete.  A model of the real
   thing was built at Patrica Lake in Canada.  The most useful purpose
   would have been to bridge the "Mid-Atlantic Gap", but by the time
   the thing could have been built, aircraft range had increased, and
   escort carriers had been built, to make it moot.

73, doug


   From: Alexandra Carter <[hidden email]>
   Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 10:13:48 -0700

   Aha that sounds like Pycrete! Fine wood fibers, mixed with water to  
   make a slurry, and frozen. Interesting stuff, read up on it if you  
   want to be entertained! 73 de Alex NS6Y.

   On Jul 9, 2006, at 7:26 AM, J F wrote:

   > Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
   > from ice? if you had impregnated the ice with say fine
   > copper mess, would it not also be somewhat of an RF
   > sheild... or maybe just a good ground plane for the
   > minature 160M vertical.... ummm I've said too much
   > already  ;o)
   >
   > 73,
   > Julius
   > n2wn
   >
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[Bill Coleman-2]

On Jul 9, 2006, at 10:26 AM, J F wrote:

> Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
> from ice?

Picrete - a mix of water and sawdust frozen solid.

> if you had impregnated the ice with say fine
> copper mess, would it not also be somewhat of an RF
> sheild... or maybe just a good ground plane for the
> minature 160M vertical.... ummm I've said too much
> already

The designs for this aircraft carrier had miles of tubing running all  
through the ship, in order to refrigerate the structure and keep it  
frozen.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: [hidden email]
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