[Elecraft] Interesting K3 QRM problem

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO]

Oh, absolutely. I noticed that I can see the towers of the 50 kW station 
from my roof!

On 23 Oct 2014 18:19, Al Gulseth wrote:
> 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.

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73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/