[CW] Spark Paper from Bob Schrader, W6BNB (SK)

[Donald Chester]

> Bob Schrader, W6BNB gave me this a while ago.  He's a silent key, so he's not
> going to publish it now.

>From the article:  '...Its dc generator produced a steady electric arc across copper and carbon contacts in a hydrogen atmosphere inside a metal dome...'

That must be a typo.  He had to have meant nitrogen.  If the atmosphere inside that enclosed dome were hydrogen, unless it were absolutely 100% pure with zero oxygen content, this would have made an effective improvised explosive device (IED).


Don k4kyv