[HBQRP] An emergency QRP generator

[Piatt, Darwin]

Long time ago, my Grand Pa and I made a wind speed indicator by putting
a model airplane propeller on an electric car motor, and then we hooked
it up to his VOM and went out in the car to calibrate it. I used some of
Grand Ma's nail polish to make 5 the 10 the 15 then 20 miles based on
the car's speed.
It worked, when the prop went around, in generated a small voltage and
yippee. Seems to me I remember seeing something similar in a scouting
magazine but they used the plastic eggs to catch the wind.
Interesting...


Darwin (Dar) Piatt - W9HZC
Midwest HomeBrewer's and QRP Group
http://www.qsl.net/hbqrp 


-----Original Message-----
From: hbqrp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hbqrp-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Walter - K5EST
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:46 PM
To: HBQRP
Subject: Re: [HBQRP] An emergency QRP generator

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Piatt, Darwin<dpiatt at fnni.com> wrote:
> It worked this time,
>
> Cute but charging the batteries could make you very "Cranky"
>

That is a HOOT.............Dar, we took a vote and you
get the first 1 hour crank'n duty   :-)
73....Walter - K5EST
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