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Re: Pwr<>Antenna

Posted by k6dgw on May 26, 2005; 11:45pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Pwr-Antenna-tp378766p378769.html

50 watts from a Harvey-Wells TBS50 Bandmaster to a Webster Band Spanner
in a 1953 Plymouth powered by a PE-103 dynamotor caused enough corona on
10m for me that on a dark night parked at the observatory in Griffith
Park, I attracted the attention of several cops with "flames" leaping
from my antenna.  First and only time since I've been approached by a
cop with his gun drawn.

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw


Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> One of their frequent problems was that a huge corona discharge
 > would often leap off of the tip of the antenna, producing huge
 > distortion on the signal.


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