[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Antenna tricks

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I used an NE-51 (I think) taped up near the top of
my Master Mobile Hy-Q mobile system on 75m with
Gonset Twins AM setup.  Did the same deal.  'Twas
even more interesting (goofy?) when I then went
over to SSB!

One time, a dragonfly lit at the top of the antenna
at a parking lot.  The 75m output of the Gonset
G-77A into that antenna truly turned said bug into
a "crispy critter."

Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Dick" <rertman at ix.netcom.com>
To: "MILSURPLUS" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>,"David Stinson" 
<arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Antenna tricks
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:37:28 -0700

Many years ago in the early days if 11-meter CB, a company came out with a 
line of antennas called the "Speakin Beacon."  It was simply a 1/4 wave 
vertical with a neon lamp at the top.  Of course, the lamp glowed in time 
with the modulation.  They sold zillions of them.

Dick

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: "ARC-5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <jfor at quik.com>; 
<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; "Mike Hanz" <AAF-Radio-1 at cox.net>; 
<Military1944 at aol.com>
Sent: 27 June, 2005 06:53
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Antenna tricks


>Long ago, I did the old trick of taping a florescent tube
>to the end of my 75-meter dipole.  Talked on SSB that night.
>The next morning, a neighbor lady came over to have coffee
>with my mom and tell her about the "UFO" she saw flying over
>our house.  I never told her different, and I took the
>tube back down.  True story... :)
>73 Dave S.