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At 06:07 AM 1/3/2006, k7fm wrote:
>One of the engineers at the Jim Creek VLF site (1 megawatt) stood under one
>of the antenna legs far up in the air and held a fluorescent lamp in his
>hand and it lighted up. You can do impressive things when you have an amp
>big enough to walk into. Just make sure the high voltage is higher than you
>can reach, and it becomes a safe amplifier.
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You can do the same thing with a 100 watt mobile rig on the 40 or 80
meter bands. A four foot fluorescent will light the whole length.
Megawatts not required.
73, Bill W6WRT
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