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KB2VXA > INFO 31.07.02 00:32l 38 Lines 1679 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 53040_WT3V
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Subj: Re: GM7HUD > 230V supply
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Sent: 020727/1633Z @:WT3V.#JS.NJ.USA.NOAM #:53040 [Lakehurst] $:53040_WT3V
From: KB2VXA@WT3V.#JS.NJ.USA.NOAM
To : INFO@WW
Hello Andy and M3s,
You ask why you would want to run a 12V radio off a 230V supply. Well,
the answer is simple, considering the power output of a typical such rig
you would get about 400 watts out of it, for 1/50 of a second at least.
Then you would have to get all that smoke back in the box to make it work
again, re: the smoke theory.
Now that I am once again firmly planted in chair, you reminded me of back
in my CB days a long time ago in a galaxy far away.
Turner had just come out with one of the first "power mikes", the +2
which featured a ceramic element and a two transistor preamp powered by a
9V battery. Being a prat in long standing, I told the proud owner of his
newly souped up splatter box that the Turner Company designed it to
operate off standard house current, but having an agreement with the
battery companies they keep it a trade secret. I was standing by as he
ripped the contact tab off the battery and soldered a line cord to it. In
a few minutes I heard his carrier come on with this loud buzz for less
than a second followed by several dead carriers. The frequency erupted in
laughter, but a kid named George was never heard again.
Still, nothing beats another story about turning the rig upside down and
tapping on it while whistling into the mike to get the electrons back
into the valves after they settled to the bottom while the rig was off.
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LID: Wants to work ground wave, buries antenna.
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73 de Warren, KB2VXA
e-mail: kb2vxa@juno.com
Message timed: 16:35 on 27 Jul 02 UTC
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