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

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I think the atmosphere was regular air in the arc transmitter dome, I
remember cartoons of Sparks trying to ignite or "strike" the arc and having
the dome glass blow open and splatter carbon all over the place.

All I have - somewhere - are pictures in books, no real first hand info for
me!

Maybe someone else can update this.

73

DR

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Donald Chester <k4kyv at charter.net> wrote:

> > 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
>
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