[Milsurplus] FW: Neon bulb as RF indicator ?

[Facility 406]

On 12/24/2023 23:58, Hubert Miller wrote:
> This all depends on your output power. I think the GRC-9 will light a 
> neon bulb even on the low power setting,
> is that right? My 2M HT will not, my off the cuff math was too optimistic.

My 5W UHF Yaesu FT-60 HT will light a few inches of a 12" fluorescent 
bulb on 440 MHz with a 1/4 "rubber duck" antenna.

It's not entirely consistent, the times it doesn't happen right off, if 
I tap the bulb with the antenna, it'll  pop on.  I can slide the antenna 
up and down the tube, and the glow follows it.

Kurt