[Lowfer] AMRAD Vertical

Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:14:06 -0400

Back about 40 years ago, I ran `60 meter mobile w/ 8 foot flourescent
lamp
taped to the whip above the coil....the rubberneck coefficient peaked
during
tx power ups.....oh my....the good old days.

Tom N8TL

On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 18:22:07 -0400 "Bill Ashlock" <[email protected]>
writes:
> Bob,
> 
> >You could see the bulb flicker. A bright enough flicker would kill 
> >you :)  
> >  But would it detect them loopers?
> 
> Probably it would require at least 10 of these in parallel to be 
> sure a loop 
> signal within 1K miles wouldn't blow it out.  <GGG>
> 
> Seriously, this idea looks like a good one Bob. Inside my final box 
> I could 
> form a high voltage capacitor (like 10pf @5kV) by wrapping a wire 
> around one 
> of the leads going to the loop (the loop floats relative to gnd). 
> This 
> 'lightening signal' could be brought back to the shack via an unused 
> wire in 
> my existing supply cable. Has anyone tried using a fluorescent tube 
> 
> connected to an antenna for a bigger effect?
> 
> Bill
> 
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