These boys were putting mean SSTV signals into South Africa the other
day on 27 MHz, now I know how!
Ian ZS6BTE
> > 2X4CX15,000 being driven by 3X8877
> > Ep was close to 14 kV on the 15,000s....
> >
> > Power output was capable of over 80,000 watts Bird. Tuning it up, with
> > a
> > 1 kW slug in the Bird meter for reverse measurements, we couldn't get it
> > to
> > wiggle up to 40 kW forward output. At the 44 kW mark (or thereabouts),
> > we
> > blew the top of the antenna off, a nice blue corona came,
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