Topband: LED Light Redux

[Herb Schoenbohm]

I do not use LED lights so far at my home as they are much more 
expensive than the CFL's but I have found a good use for solar powered 
LED strings.  After the outside Christmas decorations were taken down I 
had a bunch of solar powered DC LED strings wanting to find some usage.  
So after stumbling through the grasses weeds and bushes at night, 
generally during a contest, to find out if my two wire beverage was 
knocked of by a deer, or a 600 ohm termination was measured open from 
the feed end, I decided to use the end support termination pole and 
ground rod to support a string of the LED Christmas light that are power 
by the sun.  they cause no interference and I get even with the sun (the 
enemy of 160 meters for sure) by sapping away a miniscule amount of its 
power.  Now i can drive down the road at the end of my several Beverages 
and see at night exactly where they are planted.  it saves time and 
energy especially during a contest or DX--pedition in making quick 
repairs.  There are all sorts of LED solar powered yard light at Home 
Depot (yes we them in the VI) but the Christmas solar powered string are 
dirt cheap after the season and cost nothing to operate.  In fact they 
are really impressive to drive by at night and some nocturnal creatures 
may even shy away from them whether two legged or otherwise.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands