No, I wouldn't trade 'em 1296 for 40 meters. But I
would surely trade 'em another .3 Mhz of the 1296
band. Do more than a couple of thousand people in the
whole world listen to VOA broadcasts?
Mike
--- Bill Turner <w7ti@jps.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:08:20 -0600, John T. M. Lyles
> wrote:
>
> >A recent failure of the 500 kW Sri Lanka VOA
> transmitter which
> >burned > a million dollar facility, has been
> speculated by some
> >within that organization to be due to "Tesla Coil"
> effects in the
> >inductor coming from the modulator/PWM filter.
> Otherwise the amount
> >of voltage and current which did the damage is hard
> to imagine from
> >the normal operating parameters.
>
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>
> Another good argument for VOA and all the rest
> giving up shortwave and
> going to direct broadcast from satellites. I'd
> trade 'em the 1296
> band for a clear 40 meters, wouldn't you?
>
> 73, Bill W7TI
>
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