[AMPS] did someone say Tesla?

[michael watts]

No, I wouldn't trade 'em 1296 for 40 meters.  But I
would surely trade 'em another .3 Mhz of the 1296
band.  Do more than a couple of thousand people in the
whole world listen to VOA broadcasts?

Mike


--- Bill Turner <w7ti@jps.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:08:20 -0600, John T. M. Lyles
> wrote:
> 
> >A recent failure of the 500 kW Sri Lanka VOA
> transmitter which 
> >burned > a million dollar facility, has been
> speculated by some 
> >within that organization to be due to "Tesla Coil"
> effects in the 
> >inductor coming from the modulator/PWM filter.
> Otherwise the amount 
> >of voltage and current which did the damage is hard
> to imagine from 
> >the normal operating parameters.
>
_________________________________________________________________
> 
> Another good argument for VOA and all the rest
> giving up shortwave and
> going to direct broadcast from satellites.  I'd
> trade 'em the 1296
> band for a clear 40 meters, wouldn't you?
> 
> 73, Bill W7TI
> 
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