I believe this April Fool article has stirred more interest than any since
the great Larsen E. Rapp, W1IOU, of many years ago.
73, Millard Qualls, K9DIY
----- Original Message -----
From: "William F. Mansey; WA2PVK" <res0wsci@verizon.net>
To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, 2002 April 15 12:00 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Possible explanation for problem(s) with Jupiter finals
> Hello All,
> I recently read some items in "QST" that could possibly explain the
> problem with finals. These items referred to the effects of gravity on RF
> energy. Perhaps, therefore, the damage is caused by the RF left in the
> cable draining back into the rig. I suppose that forcing RF back through
> the finals is causing excessive heating. This effect would obviously be
> worse with higher antennas. Perhaps a T/R switch with a third position
> would prevent problems. The extra position would momentarily switch the
> antenna to a dummy load (to safely absorb the RF in the cable) before
> switching to receive.
> I got the impression, based on my interpretation of the information,
> that RF at lower frequencies is "heavier" than RF at higher frequencies.
I
> DISAGREE - - - If that were true VHF would be great for DXing!!! VHF is
> line of sight THEREFORE this RF is most certainly heavier or it would go
> farther than it does!!! 73; Bill, WA2PVK :-)
>
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