Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets

[charlie hill]

Yep, that is the drill!  This  guy I was telling you about has the main
section of his antenna at the maximum legal height.  The "jib" section has a
beam made from an aluminum ladder.  I never kept up with it that much but
one of my close friends did.  He probably knows how much amp my mechanic
buddy had in that Mercury.  I'll try to remember to ask him.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Brooks" <rbrooks at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets


> Charlie;
>
> I ran a 500 watt linear on the base set at my fathers house, with a
> fairly large beam on a 40 foot tower.  That put it about 65 feet up, the
> house was about 25 to the top of the chimney. When I got older and had
> my own wheels I had a 1000 watt linear in the pick up.
>
> I had a buddy that had a home built 10 meter 2500 watt linear that he
> powered with a AC generator in the back of his pickup.  He would go out
> to the beach and had a beam antenna rigged on  a small tower in the bed,
> and would talk regularly to some boats pretty far offshore.  The sets
> were modified with sliders so you could run Side band and split
> channels.  Problem with running lots of power is that it didn't help the
> receive side, but you sure could mess up a lot of TV's
>
> Bob
>
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
> >Hi  Ralph,  there are still some guys running illegal CB's down south.
> >There is a guy not to far from my house that has a base station hooked to
a
> >big BIG antenna that is so tall it is hinged in the middle with a winch
that
> >raises the top section up at night when he is playing.  Some of them are
> >running amps 1000 watts or better.
> >When I was growning up the banker in town, of all people, had a jacked up
> >base station.  When he talked we could hear him loud and clear (and
nothing
> >else) through our TV set.  He lived about a mile away.
> >
> >Charlie
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> >To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:29 PM
> >Subject: Re: Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Charlie, maybe that explains some of the terrible strong "skip" we would
> >>
> >>
> >get
> >
> >
> >>on our cb radios up here back in the 70s. Lots of times I could not talk
a
> >>mile to my home base but I could clearly hear some guy from the southern
> >>states drowning out all the local talk. We had to make good use of the
> >>squelch button in those days.
> >>Most of the big operators have gone to FM radios and cell phones now. CB
> >>radios have really faded out in popularity.
> >>
> >>Ralph in Sask.
> >>http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>
> >>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 4:47 PM
> >>Subject: Re: Free energy was Re: [AT] Way OT Crystal sets
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Back in the CB days a mechanic friend of mine got a bit carried away
> >>>
> >>>
> >with
> >
> >
> >>>his mobile unit.  He had some sort of gigantic amplifier on it.  It was
> >>>
> >>>
> >>big
> >>
> >>
> >>>enough that he had a seperate alternator and battery just to run the
CB.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>He
> >>
> >>
> >>>had a big ole 102" whip antenna on the back bumper.  He could pull up
> >>>
> >>>
> >>under
> >>
> >>
> >>>the canopy of the service station where he worked after they closed at
> >>>
> >>>
> >>night
> >>
> >>
> >>>and turned of the lights, key his mic and turn the florescent lights
> >>>
> >>>
> >back
> >
> >
> >>on
> >>
> >>
> >>>with the RF from his CB!
> >>>
> >>>Charlie
> >>>
> >>>
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