My first thought on reading 'EPA Skunk Works' was some sort of super
secret, super high-tech stuff made by the environmental protection
agency...hi hi.
I've certainly made my share of terrible antennas, but I wasn't quick
enough to take pictures of them.
My best worst antenna was a 6M dipole tacked to my bedroom wall,
facing the TV. With 50 watts of FM it hit the local repeater just
great, and only took a month to destroy my TV's receiver with overload.
My runner-up best worst antenna was my indoor mini trapped 10M
vertical which 'strangely' would never tune up, until that time I was
testing it and holding onto the wrong thing. Suddenly 1.5:1 match at
50 watts of 10M and OUCH WHY IS MY HAND SO HOT?!
73 de Stephanie
va3uxb
K2#5311 - K1#2132
p.s. fortunately I've got my own home now, so my antennas can be
outside instead of inside!
On 7-Apr-06, at 11.55 .44, Edward R. Breneiser wrote:
Hello all!
I liked the EPA Skunk Works name so much that I created a Skunk Works
area on my website. This page is dedicated to all those hams,
including
myself, who have constructed just bad antennas over the years. I
call it
my antenna graveyard site. This is where all those "great antennas"
are
laid to rest. Keep the names coming for the new vertical!
I'll post a list of proposed names soon.
http://www.wa3wsj.com/SkunkWorks.html
72,
Ed, WA3WSJ
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