Carl Blare

This video is wonderful up on top of a 2,000-foot tower!

http://video.yahoo.com/network/101149635?v=8244494&l=5144241

After making a list of “things to do” which will take 400 years to complete, the only thing to do is add one more project.

After making a list of “things to do” which will take 400 years to complete, the only thing to do is add one more project.

After studying Ernest G. Wilson’s “Carrier Current Techniques” from the part15.us Library, I want to try his cable radio project in which a cable is driven by an exciter and one or more 100mW repeaters are located along the line.

1. about 150-feet up the hill a 10-foot mast with radials and a 100mW repeater;

2. a buried 50-ohm (RG58) cable;

3. His 5-watt Exciter, adjustable from 0-to-5-watts to compensate for cable loss.

See you in a year.

Hello Good to be Home!

Check out the clever square loop made from copper pipes by scrolling down this link page to the “Unfair Transmitter.”

Hello Good to be Home!

Check out the clever square loop made from copper pipes by scrolling down this link page to the “Unfair Transmitter.”

http://www.techlib.com/electronics/amxmit.htm

For that matter the whole page is interesting.

Glad everybody’s back!

Mirrors are fascinating. They reflect nano-meter light waves in such a way that three mirrors set at different angles next to a light bulb create the appearance of more light bulbs, reflect the light in several directions and amplify the amount of light being produced.

What is the bandwidth of a mirror? We only observe the light frequencies, but does it also reflect microwaves and lower; maybe UHF, VHF, on down?

What if a 10-foot mirror next to a 10-foot antenna doubled and maybe aimed the signal in a desired direction? How about one of those 3-way mirrors from a department store dressing room. Would that cause a strong AM radio beam in a specific direction?

Activity here on the site has been very slow. I hope the Part 15 hobby is still alive and strong.

Activity here on the site has been very slow. I hope the Part 15 hobby is still alive and strong.

I got to wondering about the unused capacity of the SSTran, with 100mW to the final amplifier stage. As we already know, the used capacity is whatever happens with a 3-meter antenna.

The unused capacity is whatever result might or could happen with a longer antenna.

The Rules allow brief experiments not to exceed 30-seconds.

So I raised a 6-meter vertical antenna and tuned the output for peak. Amazingly, the result was NO DIFFERENT WHATSOEVER than a standard 3-meter antenna!

After hearing your comments I’ll post the next experiment in this inquiry.

Recently we talked about I.N.N. and F.R.N. as being high quality news sources for part 15 during the week, but they both shut down over the weekend.

Recently we talked about I.N.N. and F.R.N. as being high quality news sources for part 15 during the week, but they both shut down over the weekend.

Does anyone know a news service that stays open on weekends?