Posted by
Paul Gates on
May 27, 2005; 1:32am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Pwr-Antenna-tp378766p378770.html
Fred... Back in the 60s I used 2 hustler ant. on the rear of the car or
station wagon as the case might be .... to a Drake TR4 On a trip to Fla from
Tenn. I secured a florescent tube vertically to the 2 antennas. I did not
get stopped by the police at night whenever I talked they lit up!
Paul Gates
Elecraft K1 #231
XG1
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"An idle mind is the devil's workshop."
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Jensen" <
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To: "Elecraft Reflector" <
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Pwr<>Antenna
> 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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