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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
