Hi Bill, Really an exciting story ;-) I think once the TL084 got damaged it acts like a rather low impedant part and will carry several mA or A, thus it smells after a long time ;-) It's a questing o
Hi Roelof: Many thanks for the great idea, it is truly a robust antenna. Bill At 03:19 PM 7/27/2011, Roelof, pa0rdt wrote: The only reports of failure are when people are accidentally feeding 100W RF
Dear all, I feel with Bill concerning the loss of his preamplifier, but in general I would like to raise the question whether it makes really sense to connect a preamplifier for an VLF loop directly
A couple of nights ago a thunderstorm came through here just after we had gone to bed. We thought the storm had passed but then there was a very loud bang. I heard the crackle and sizzle of electrici
Hello Bill, Great story! There are hundreds of mini-whips in use and so far I have had very few if any reports on a failing J310. What happens is that the induced voltage is small due to the small pi
