[R-390] Re: "Special" wall plugs for R-390x recvrs

Barry Hauser barry at hausernet.com
Wed Feb 8 20:55:40 EST 2006


Not to mention a variant on that handy item - - those "magic" devices that 
turned your whole house wiring into a giant TV antenna -- not to mention the 
entire power grid.  Didn't work so great.  But then again, maybe it was 
"before its time" -- and you needed those $150 wall outlets to make 'em 
work, or oxygen free 300 ohm twinlead.

Barry



Tony wrote:


>
> Alongside of Radio Row on Vesey St., NYC I remember "Vendors" with push 
> carts selling "Interference Filters" for $1. It was simply a M/F 110vac 
> plug with an internal .001 cap across the line. They would plug one into 
> the other making an interesting design that stood vertically on the cart. 
> I passed them up saving for that $5 ARC-5. (Smart kid)
>
> File this one away with monster cable and antennas with resistors in them.
>
> R-390x?
>
>
>
> Tony WA6LZH



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