[Elecraft] KPA500 mobile?

[KENT TRIMBLE]

Hi Jim . . .

That was my point, although without mentioning the paint.

I should have said "worth RE-considering."

Kent


On 4/14/2017 3:33 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Fri,4/14/2017 1:13 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
>> The assumption has always been that the driver and passengers are 
>> riding inside a Faraday Cage 
>
> There are HUGE holes in that assumption in the form of non-metallic 
> parts and paint preventing contact between metal parts. An enclosure 
> forms a Faraday cage ONLY if it is continuous. and ONLY if all 
> conductors penetrating it have either a feed-through to the enclosure 
> or, if a shielded conductor, the shield is bonded to the enclosure at 
> the point of entry.
>
> Modern vehicles have lots of paint between metal parts. When I used 
> Hamsticks on my Volvo S80, I had to bond the mount to the trunk, and I 
> had to bond around the trunk hinges.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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