[Lowfer] Cornell's Book

[Peter Cranwell]

If you want a religious experience, visit the Edison Museum in West Orange,
NJ.  http://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm

You really need to get a tour of his laboratories.   I did several times as
Westfield is pretty close to West Orange.  Edison shot his "Great Train
Robbery" on the same train line that I used to commute into New York City
every day (The Jersey Central).  It's neat to see the same scenery.

If you are interested in Ken's 10th publication, I'll see if I can get it up
on my web site for FTP download.   I tried last night but ended up uploading
it into my own Administrator space.

I was always looking for his first publication, as that's the one I proofed
for him.  It would bring back a lot of memories.

We spent many evenings fiddling with a basket weave loading coil, and I gave
him several VLF converter designs.


Pete






-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Charlie , W5COV
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:05 PM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Cornell's Book

Pete,

I love the interesting stories about Ken . I wish I had a full set of his 
books . I get the volumes out that I have about once a year and sit down 
during the winter and read them once again.

Too bad that his 10th workbook was never published .

Not all of us are radio type engineers , so I guess that puts me pretty much

in the class of a tinkerer . Not bad company since that is what they called 
Edison too .

I depend a LOT on other peoples designs , but I also am willing to try some 
strange things or things that aren't supposed to work at these frequencies .

We would never make any progress at these frequencies , if it weren't for 
people like you and Ken and Ken taking the time to publish the works . It 
keeps everyone from reinventing the same wheel over and over again .

My first rig in the early 70's was all tube and of course it was legal 
<grin>!! I built it ( the transmitter) from someone's diagram back then and 
as I remember it used a 6BZ6 as a final . Never got more than about a mile 
or so , but that was good enough under the right conditions to work my two 
buddies on that didn't have a ham ticket .It was also private from the CB 
bunch .

Thanks to all of the people that are real radio engineers and for them 
sharing their work so guys like me can enjoy this wonderful hobby , where 
building and experimenting are still alive and well .

Charlie , W5COV
CV

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