On 5/2/06, W5OMR/Geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim Candela wrote:
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> I hoisted my "dummy load" to the top of a 40' >tower, and turned on my AM KW at 850 watts carrier. >Then I modulated with an audio recording. man oh man >the whole neighborhood was illuminated, and with the >modulation, it looked is if a fire was occuring. I >decided to stop when the cops banged on my >door.....That was about 1984... >Which would be about 4 years before the Baraccuda ("The engine is IN!") announcement, made over 75m phone, complete with starting and reving engine, with no headers.
Talk about a '*snap!* to send your overload relay into a seizure. Burnt valves! Burnt valves! (o: ~ Todd, KA1KAQ
