[Elecraft] More OT: Origin of the quad antenna Thanks Dave!

[Fred Jensen]

Hmmm ... Dad let me put a 40 W 10 m AM rig in the family car, Gonset RX 
converter up front, TX in trunk, PE103 dynamotor under hood next to 
battery, SS whip on rear bumper mount.  On a date at the drive-in movie, 
she asked how it worked. I pressed PTT and gave a test transmission.  I 
was unaware that the corona ball had been knocked off and the whip was 
very pointy at the end leading to a fairly impressive electrical 
display.  The management arrived and asked [well ... told] us to leave.

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 12/6/2018 10:27 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
> In Bill Orr's book, there is a particularly vivid description of the
> corona. The part of the description that I particularly enjoyed was this,
>
> "...the elements of the doomed beam glowed with the heat of the arc and
> turned incandescent at the tips. Large molten chunks of aluminum dropped to
> the ground as the inexorable fire slowly consumed the antenna."
>
> It would have less of a problem, had the antenna been at sea level.
>
>