Sorry to see that Andy, The metal tape looks suspicious, damage very intense at the lower far corner , shelf is most probably heat damage from the fire as under the coil looks intact ? I for one will
Hi Andy, LF, Sorry to hear about the disaster, I hope it's not beyond repair. Just for information, I was monitoring 136kHz WSPR from last night & still continuing this morning. Did not get any decod
Well, it was nice while it lasted. Went downstairs and smelt smoke. Heard a crackling noise coming from the plastic "shed" housing the ATU . Opened the door, saw flames and melted plastic. Two
Tthe electronic hardware is all fine - although the topband matching box sitting the bottom is a bit Salvador Dali shaped Just need to come up with a new housing. And the real irony is, the old pla
it looks as if the plastic used in those B+Q sheds absorbs RF. Pity, it was going to house HF ATU Andy www.g4jnt.com Since you can't do much more harm to your shed, Andy, why not try different parts
Andy, QRO can be an exciting adventure! :-) 73, GL, Stefan Am 19.09.2010 12:54, schrieb Andy Talbot: Well, it was nice while it lasted. Went downstairs and smelt smoke. Heard a crackling noise coming
http://www.g4jnt.com/QRO_LF_DoesThis.JPG http://www.g4jnt.com/Melted_ATU_Cabin.JPG Not sure what started burning, but it was in the bottom corner by the look of things which is well away from the
Two buckets of water before they were extinguished - plastic B+Q sheds burn very well Goodbye antenna tuning cabin :-( The loading coil and antenna survived. My credibiilty didn't :-( Pict
I think the metal tape is the answer. It was never there to serve any electrical purpose, but seemed ideal at the time to waterproof the gaps in the rather crude press fit construction It was the
I would of though, the shelf under the coil would of been in the highest saturation field ? is the silver tape alloy foil ? looks a bit like good old 'battle damage tape' ? G. it looks as if the plas
