My Wife commutes daily on I-20, between Dallas and Tyler, Texas in her 1999 Cadillac Eldorado. There is a stretch of about 5 miles, between two cell/microwave towers where her "No Charge" annunciato
Interesting. I've heard that similar phenomena (and worse) occurred with regularity back when the VOA was running lots of power from their transmitters near Cincinnati, and I had a car once that lit
Most Car OBComputers I've seen are completely sealed in metal cases...some of the accessory boards are not...when I owned an Izusu Rodeo I could open up the automatic door locks running 50 watts on 4
My story has nothing to do with RF. When my truck odometer rolled over from 89999.9 miles .. it went to 99000.0 miles ... and I lost 9,000 miles on the truck's value. Even the truck engineers couldn'
I was one of those that had issues with VOA in Mason Ohio. My 89 Dodge Dakota would have an anti-lock brake failure while driving next to the transmitter site while they were transmitting. It was not
In the mid to late 80's when computers were taking over in vehicles there were all sorts of 2 way radio problems reported in QST and commercial magazines. Even police radios caused problems. I rememb
Sounds like they still are! "In theory, theory and practice are the same thing. In practice they're not." In the mid to late 80's when computers were taking over in vehicles there were all sorts of 2
I have in my files a very nice letter from Toyota stating that it was okay with running up to 100 W Po in my `09 Scion. Can make it available upon request with my address redacted should anyone be in
They are the same Toyota folks who said nothing is wrong with their cars ?? I remember helping a friend install a 2 Meter FM Radio in his VW. I had to move the antenna around the vehicle until I foun
I lived in Arizona for a while and had a Henry SS750 that ran more than a KW out on 40 and 80. Whenever I used it on 40m and a 90's Cadillac was within eyesight it would die. They always restarted bu
A few HAMs in North Tampa seem to enjoying kicking up their 2 meter power to 50 Watts (while talking on local repeaters) on purpose, as they enter parking garages, just to hear the car alarms go off
I'd frame it. It might be worth something someday! Randy "In theory, theory and practice are the same thing. In practice they're not." I have in my files a very nice letter from Toyota stating that i
And they say Hams are nuts !!! With enough RF floating around to mess up his camera, I can just imagine the effects on soft tissue. Can you spell Gioblastoma ?? 73, Dick, W1KSZ ______________________
I took a look at the bunch of idiots doing the shoot out and trying to understand why someone with a 70kW amplifier needs a nitrous oxide injected 454 engine to drive the alternators. Needs less than
Uh, yeah. 100 watts power out. To what kind of antenna, mounted where, with how much gain, in what direction... ? This all reminds me, perversely, of the early WW I fighter planes, where they initial
I have a 4-Runner and they installed the rig for me at the dealership. The only cars I've had problems with were that T-bird going full throttle and the whole Chrysler "cab forward" group with the V-
Most likely none although that's in the diathermy range. 73 Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/list
Actually the fix was called an interrupter that prevented the gun from firing while lined up with a prop blade. The problem was discovered right away..probably the first time they test fired it. Yes,
It was called a syncronizer from what Ive read. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
It is all part of the show! 73, Gerald K5GW In a message dated 3/30/2010 12:14:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wlfuqu00@uky.edu writes: I took a look at the bunch of idiots doing the shoot out and try