In the mid 70's when I was still living with my parents, I fired up my newly-built SB-220 amplifier and put it on the air for a while. The next day our next door neighbor told me that I was causing his bathroom lights to glow on and off whenever I transmitted.
73, Don K2FY -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd, KA1KAQ Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:48 AM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] TVI/BCI On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:21:48 -0600, Geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim candela wrote: > > >I was accused once where my neighbor said that my voice came out of the > >electric can opener in their kitchen. I was running a GK 500 on 10 Am then > >with a 3 element beam at 25' pointed at their house that was about 50' > >away... > > > > which is *exactly* why I want to get out of living in a neighborhood. Me too, Geoff - I have no desire to get my WACCA (Worked All Cheap Chinese Appliances) award. I thought it was bad 15 years ago, I can't imagine how much worse things have gotten with all of the new plug-n-play crap around. de Todd/'Boomer' KA1KAQ ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
