[Elecraft] Pedestrian Mobile with Light bulb for antenna

[Tony Wells]

Daniel wrote:

> I did see an article in QST where a man used QRO with external lightbulb
> to make several contacts.

The concept of the light bulb antenna was invented in 1937 by   M.  Alecow.
He called it the BS Antenna (BS = "Bright and Shiny").

He used a string of low-voltage lights in series configuratiion connected to
a CW rig, and used them with alternating colours so that he could easily see
standing wave patterns. A neighbour was so impressed with the concept of
coloured winking lights in the garden that he manufactured the lights as
party decorations.

Regards,

Tony
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