Welcome to the world of QRO Scott!
Good luck with the RFI adventures.
Theo K4MO
Bowen Scott M JSC-CCLM wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Taking some advice about putting that homebrew 813 GG, that I bought, on
> the air for a while before I try to modify it for other bands. I to try
> it on Saturday night/Sunday morning around 1230 AM for the first time.
> The wife was snoozing in bed, I thought... why not give it a go...
>
> So I tuned it up into the dummy load on 3810 kHz, driving it with 65
> watts out of my transmitter through my antenna tuner to match the
> transmitter and the amplifier, I flipped the switch the watt meter
> indicated 650 -700 watts out of the amplifier and into my antenna, got
> a "sounds mighty fine" signal report... and then our house alarm went
> off... And it wasn't even "armed"
>
> Needless to say, the wife got out of bed... she said, well I guess it
> works, but can you not use it again until you figure out how to keep
> that from happening again...
>
> I guess the alarm system didn't like that amount of RF, but the amp
> works!
>
> Now I need to solve that alarm problem...
>
> Scott
> W5EFR
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