[WARC] regarding sunspot number

[Dick Lindner]

Oh that does count.  Big time.

So, what you actually have, if you tie the waffle iron and toaster 
together in series, and then solder all of the siding together, is what 
is called a "high impediment internal radiator co-phased bi-linear 
vertical".  You could sound like a Kalifornia Kilowatt with that.  That 
signal will go straight up and come straight down.  (And somebody tried 
to tell us NVIS was new.)

Dick

Schumacher, Paul wrote:
> only one of each, but I have steel siding on my house, does that count?
>
> Paul
> ________________________________________
> From: warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org [warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org] On Behalf Of Dick Lindner [lindner1 at hbci.com]
> Sent: 13 October 2008 11:12
> To: Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
> Subject: Re: [WARC] regarding sunspot number
>
> Paul,
>
> Do you have a waffle iron and a couple toasters?
>
> Dick
>
> Schumacher, Paul wrote:
>   
>> Dick,
>>
>> The screens on my house are fiberglass and are not taking solder.  What should I do?
>>
>> Paul K0ZYV
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org [mailto:warc-bounces at lists.w0ne.org] On Behalf Of Dick Lindner
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 10:06 AM
>> To: Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
>> Subject: [WARC] regarding sunspot number
>>
>> Clare has a good idea, but I have another...
>>
>> What you should really do is this:
>>
>> 1.  Go buy a couple rolls of 100 ft hookup wire.  Black is good, but red
>> is nice if you are trying to convince the xyl that you are actually
>> doing the Christmas decorations early rather than putting up "another
>> antenna".
>> 2.  Get out your soldering iron and solder and connect all of the screen
>> windows in your house.   (You can also connect the ones standing in your
>> garage to those on the house.
>> 3.  Connect the final end to the Johnson Matchbox that you should have
>> bought last time one came up on ebay
>> 4.  Fire up a radio.  Set it to 28.5.
>> 5.  Call CQ.  (use either cw or voice-it makes no difference)
>>
>> optional
>> 6.  Because most houses have four basic directions, and because the
>> screen windows on the house are vertically oriented, with some
>> additional wire and additional soldering it is possible to construct
>> phased verticals.  (the dimensions of most houses approximate the ideal
>> separation of the vertical elements).  In actuality, even more
>> directional gain and front-to-back can be obtained by using the screens
>> inside the garage as a third element.  (They might need to be turned 90
>> degrees for maximum effect)
>>
>> Dick
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