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| Subject: | [Amps] candles |
| From: | G3SEK at ifwtech.co.uk (Ian White, G3SEK) |
| Date: | Thu Mar 27 16:50:40 2003 |
John T. M. Lyles wrote:
>I learned last summer in France that the Thomson (now Thales) company
>calls them candles, in French. They had two 47 Ohm Resistors sticking
>up in the HV compartment of this Th628 test set, to dampen out some
>standing waves with RF potentials popping up in bad places (on a water
>hose).
>
"Candles"? Cricket stumps, old chap.
--
73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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