James, I am slightly concerned that your vast expanse of aluminium foil will be reflecting sufficient sunlight as to require significant recalculation of the factors affecting global warming! -- 73 e
Not that we should prolong this thread, Jim, but I have failed to consider the tax implications. Quite obviously, should your experiment prove so successful that it promoted a boom in foil sales, the
Hi All, I have not been following this particularly well but would like offer another alternative approach. With the plethora of low-cost offerings in the 2.4Ghz and other "free" bands how about a lo
Hi All, Having past experience of negotiating with our national regulators, I am always respectful and appreciative of those who do this work as unpaid volunteers. A well-known colleague of ours in t
Sounds about right with our lot Rik. Problem is that as with our gold reserves they will wait for the bottom of the market before they sell ! 73 de Pat -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe u
Hi All, I can't remember who it was told me years ago but I have always considered it good practice to bond any substantial conductors (apart from those carrying power or signals) to my RF ground. Th
Hmmm! That may be so Chris but I never did succeed in getting "her indoors" to allow me to engage her little diamond with a "cat's whisker" to enjoy the harmony of the airwaves. After all, to a radio
Hmmm! The way things are going my buried copper will soon be more valuable than gold! Next thing, the government will require me to buy a mining licence to retrieve it do you think? 73 -- 73 es gd dx
Ok so I'm not an expert on this but I remember years ago being told that it was not so much the metals concerned but the environment in which they were joined that was important. For instance, one of
Apropos: "Stroking Egos", might I suggest that those who do for that very reason are, indeed, in the throes of an ischaemic event at the very least and perhaps suffering from the worst effects of a f
Sorry Mal But that would also tend to suggest that it might be OK for an athlete to take performance-enhancing chemicals in order to achieve an "advantage" (your word) over less "advantaged" competit
Sorry about the delay in replying Mal but I think some other correspondents do get the point I was trying to make. That you obviously don't perhaps defines my point. A recent survey reported in some
Theory: /L = /Loony Defined as: "Lunatic in charge of Radio" Just a thought 73 -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe uk (east coast, county of suffolk)
Being wed to a wee Scots lassie I think I can speak with some authority on this one. The only things I have ever heard of being shot by Haggii (I believe this is the correct plural form) are Sassenac
Hi All, Well, he broke so many rules that I wouldn't climb with him even on the smaller towers I've done here in the UK ! 73 -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe uk (east coast, county of su
Mal, OFCOM ceased to be an empire long ago - BUT not quite as long ago as the British Empire! I think "Empire" is only a word we use for a few scattered "picture houses" now! If the recent Commonweal
In the world of open systems windows and gates are .................redundant? 73 -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe uk (east coast, county of suffolk)
At last! A possible use for the (usually) removed DF circuitry John? (And you'll need the correct suffix letter !) 73 -- 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw qth nr felixstowe uk (east coast, county of suffolk)
And also, Alan, with tongue firmly in cheek. the almost "naturelle" antipathy that arises when the gallic and anglo-saxon races attempt to equably interface " sur le chanel anglais" "Vive la differen
Actually John, I am a little surprised that Mal seems to be of the opinion that something as sophisticated as a "crystal set" might be required. I seem to recall that the earliest experimenters used
