Ron, I love it when you wax poetic......
Chuck From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: FW: [Elecraft] RF build up Date sent: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:04:29 -0800 > Lo' these all-too-many-winters ago there were actual reports of Hams using > folded dipoles with open wire line in heavy ice/snow regions. As y'all > probably know, a folded dipole has a direct current continuity across the > feeders, since it's essentially a dipole with an extra wire running parallel > to the dipole radiator and connected at each end. > > If a dangerously heavy ice coating appeared, they'd connect the feeders to a > variable power source and allow enough current to flow to heat the wires and > melt the ice. Took a while, but it beat trying to splice and raise the > antenna again in mid-winter. > > Being a "California Boy" in those days - Southern California at that - I > never really had any need to test the idea first-hand. While others were > snowed and iced-in up to their end-insulators, we were praying for a few > drops of rain before the dry season resumed in the spring. > > Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
