[Lowfer] Rememberances

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 03:24 PM 9/5/2008, you wrote:


>>>>Tom <n8tl at woh.rr.com> 09/05/08 9:29 AM >>>
>Gee...back in the early 50's, another friend and I used a neon sign
>transformer working a 1 inch gap against ground into a longwire antenna
>to communicate. Boy...what a pretty sounding buzzzz across the spectrum
>that was! It made for some good 20's cw.
>Tom N8TL

1920's era spark gap huh? So I'm not the only guy on the list who 
tried a spark gap transmitter? Seems to be 3 of us now or maybe 4. I 
don't exactly remember.Lots of racket on the airwaves in a very 
wideband buzz Basically your transmitter was like the one Marconi 
used in the 1890's Yes it's fun......