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Hello Ian,
YOU serious??? Now THAT'S a joke!
As far as I'm concerned, 1 April is the only day on the calendar.
Hert's polished balls (watch it) led to highter striking voltage to the
spark and higher amplitude waves being generated, a standard for spark
transmitters. Actually, a spark transmitter generates damped waves, not
true CW. That was done later by Poulsen and his arc (not spark) chamber
was improved on with the rotary arc and others. Unlike a spark, an arc
may be finely tuned, concentrating more power in less bandwidth and less
QRM on the band. Not only that, it could be tuned to a particular audible
note, a station identification in itself. The highest power could be
achieved with the use of ane alternator, eliminating the arc.
Anyone who is knowlegable of how a vertical antenna works knows about the
"phantom" antenna below ground, better known as the counterpoise, the
missing dipole element. That led to an interesting joke about burying the
antenna and radiating from the phantom ABOVE ground. Darn, can't work the
ground wave THAT way!
I guess it comes down to the only practical way to work the ground wave
is to bury a DIPOLE.
Funny thing, although putting a tin lid on a telegraph sounder produced
the first landline lid, it's actually a practical idea. I'll bet the farm
his detractors were jealous because thier bosses have them words for
modifying company equipment.
So, when is a lid NOT a lid? When he's a LANDLINE lid!
Now, before the landline lids get the wrong idea that I have justified
them, remember TELEGRAPH has gone the way of the dinosaurs. What we need
is another mass extinction...
It only goes to show that serious matters lead to jokes and jokes lead to
serious matters.
So Ian, which way did your humo(u)r go down the toilet, left or right?
(;->) BTW, we're all still waiting to hear from someone on the equator to
find out how HIS toilet flushes.
YL LID: Thought it was a diaperpole and hung the wash on it.
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73 de Warren, KB2VXA
e-mail: kb2vxa@juno.com
Message timed: 21:10 on 22 Aug 02 UTC
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