X-GM-THRID: 1207302341107326378 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf X-Gmail-Received: 9c5ea34cd524072a2619b83b137c7ae76a6c8035 Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.249.17 with SMTP id w17cs166372qbh; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:53:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.55.18 with SMTP id h18mr5204700nfk; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:53:54 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id x24si2437138nfb.2006.06.26.18.53.54; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:53:54 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Fv2jv-0000A5-IH for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:51:43 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Fv2jv-00009w-8C for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:51:43 +0100 Received: from fep02.xtra.co.nz ([210.54.141.244]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fv2jr-0003uD-Em for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:51:43 +0100 Received: from sooby.xtra.co.nz ([210.55.47.209]) by fep02.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <20060627015125.MNMP17995.fep02.xtra.co.nz@sooby.xtra.co.nz> for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:51:25 +1200 Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.1.20060627133231.019f52e0@xtra.co.nz> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:49:19 +1200 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: Brenda Hayes Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: Spark Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5317 ..........Now if historic spark transmitters were permitted that could be fun. I havn't operated spark since I was 12 years old. It was (slightly) unofficial...... So did I, at about the same age, using a Ford coil which I still own. It worked well, on an inverted L antenna, and obliterated all broadcasting reception in my small country town. The nearest broadcasting station was a hundred miles away so my state of the art transmitter had an easy victory. Needless to say, I did a fast close-down before the dreaded Radio Inspector hit town. A rather late confession. Kevin ZL4MD