[Amps] Mobile high power

Jim Tonne tonne at comcast.net
Thu Oct 27 15:22:27 EDT 2005


Wonder what the voltage at the end of that antenna was??
- Jim Tonne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at verizon.net>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Mobile high power


> Francis, and Jason,
>
> The ones myself and Hal were hinting at were running as high as 5-10 kW 
> about 3 feet over their heads off of several 102" steel whip antennas, or 
> a beam mounted on top of a van or surburban. Talks about crazy to do it, 
> they are!
>
> Best,
>
> Will
>
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> On 10/27/05 at 3:06 PM Carcia, Francis A         HS wrote:
>
>>Go to arrl site they have a safe distance calculator where you feed
>>numbers
>>in.
>>I know on 10 meters at 70 feet over head and 1500 watts I'm just under the
>>safety limit.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jason Buchanan [mailto:jsb at digistar.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:59 PM
>>To: craxd1 at verizon.net
>>Cc: amps at contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [Amps] Mobile high power
>>
>>Will Matney wrote:
>>
>>>Joe,
>>>
>>>Lets say it takes a big, and good motor to run a big alternator, or
>>several
>>like some does. I've seen some that used turbochargers on them with up to
>>six 200 amp alternators under the hood. Nobody needs that kind of power,
>>and
>>especially being that close to it over RF radiation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Anyone have any spec sheets that show what the minimum safe distance for
>>operating HF at a given power level?  Say, "X" feet at 1000 watts for a
>>particular frequency?
>>
>>
>>73 Jason N1SU
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