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Subject: [AMPS] silver
From: na9d@mindspring.com (Jon Ogden)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:37:48 -0500
on 4/14/01 1:54 PM, Wt8r@aol.com at Wt8r@aol.com wrote:

> "Think of how hot your 1.5 KW hair dryer gets."  If I hook a vertical antenna
> to my hairdryer, can I use it as a spark gap transmitter ?

Yes, Dave.  I think you can.  In fact, I have done it and have DXCC via
hairdryer.

Have you done that?

Jon

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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)

Member:  ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA

http://www.qsl.net/ke9na

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."


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