[Elecraft] Interesting K3 QRM problem

[Al Gulseth]

There's an old adage about "if life hands you lemons, make lemonade." With 
that kind of field strength (a rough estimate from a chart I found indicates 
about 0.2v/m or so at your QTH) I'd think you could hook a wire to a tuned 
circuit on the BC station's frequency and then rectify the RF from it to 
charge a small battery and let them foot the bill for some of your energy 
needs. You might even be able to run a K1 etc. on it. (My comment is based on 
remembering plans for a simple "free power" radio in a mag some years ago.)

73, Al
 

> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO"
> > <k2vco.vic at gmail.com>
> > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 6:58 AM
> > Subject: [Elecraft] Interesting K3 QRM problem
> >
> >> I live about 3.3 miles from a 50 kW BC station on 1080 kHz. It is on
> >> 24 hours a day, transmitting in Arabic, not that that matters.