[WARC] regarding sunspot number

[Clare Jarvis]

Paul,

Schwab has a crane that would make a great rotator.


Clare




On Monday 13 October 2008 17:13:50 Schumacher, Paul wrote:
> I think I need a rotator ...
>
> 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 15:01
> To: Winona Amateur Radio Club general discussion
> Subject: Re: [WARC] regarding sunspot number
>
> 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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