[TowerTalk] "Wire"less antenna connection

[Gary "Joe" Mayfield]

Icom made some radios that used a fiber link back in the 1980s.  The IC-900
and IC-901 I believe the only HF modules were for 10 meters.  It was a cool
concept, way ahead of it's time.

73,
Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
To: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt at arrl.net>; "reflector -tower"
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] "Wire"less antenna connection


> At 07:47 AM 1/21/2005, David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> >No lightning threat from supplying AC power???  How about just parking a
> >fuelcell or generator at the tower.
>
>
> Minimal lightning threat for the operators, anyway... The generator's
going
> to take a hit.
>
> Hey.. you could sit at home in the comfort of your living room and shoot
> the stuff over the internet. (except that FD requires the control op to be
> in the 1000 foot circle).
>
>
>
>
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