[Elecraft] April QST: review and The Secret is Out

[Jim's mail]

Likewise my QST has not yet arrived.  Hopefully if the Post Office 
mis-delivered it the person reading the magazine would become interested in 
becoming an Amateur operator.

Many years ago, the year has been forgotten as has the original source, I 
remember reading about a US Army officer in World War I that wanted/needed 
to get a message to the headquarters.  The unit the officer commanded did 
not have a working radio.  The officer sent a runner through enemy lines to 
HQ telling them how the message would be sent.  The officer then tied bell 
wire to two bayonets and stuck them in the ground several yards apart.  The 
other end of the bell wire was connected to a telegraph key.  It seems that 
if the leads are connected as mentioned, the signal can be received at a 
square of the distance between the leads where the signal is transmitted.

73,
Jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Coleman N2BC" <n2bc at stny.rr.com>
To: "Lyle Johnson" <kk7p at wavecable.com>; "T. David Yarnes" <w7aqk at cox.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] April QST: review and The Secret is Out


> It took a sting of posts this morning for the 'light' to come on - my QST 
> has not arrived yet.
>
> My very first April QST was back in the early 60s. There was an article 
> about tapering a single wire feedline to concentrate the power going to 
> the antenna, full of formulas to derive the proper lengths and diameters. 
> After crunching the numbers with my trusty sliderule, I took it in to my 
> math teacher.  We worked on it together, she concluded there was an error 
> in the formula as the answer was always zero.
>
> I then asked my elmer about it - he is still laughing.
>
> Happy Spring to all!
>
> 73, Bill  N2BC
> K2/06254, K3/soon!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lyle Johnson" <kk7p at wavecable.com>
> To: "T. David Yarnes" <w7aqk at cox.net>
> Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] April QST: review and The Secret is Out
>
>
>> T. David Yarnes wrote:
>>> Hmmmmmmmmmm!  Has Larson E. Rapp been reincarnated in the body of Steven 
>>> G. Katz?
>>
>> I think they are 3rd cousins, twice removed.
>>
>> Lyle
>>
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