[Amps] Another use for Neon Lamps

Bill Turner dezrat1242 at ispwest.com
Wed Jan 4 02:15:30 EST 2006


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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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