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

[Dave Cole (NK7Z)]

That's a pretty cool description of the antenna melting down...  :)

73s and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z/NNR0DC)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL OOC for Oregon

On 12/6/18 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."