Makes my "self telescoping" (poorly taped!) 12m fibreglass pole seem
positively mundane!
Starts out as a "temporary lash up" and rapidly assumes permanence!! Until
the rain and UV get the better of the tape!
I too have a rogue buddleia which would benefit from a strike, but it's a
little too close to the house and the attendant EMP would likely wreck front
ends and any resulting conflagrations would make the woes of the LF king
with his coil shed fire look positively tame!!
73s all and enjoy the summer remains.
With best regards
Jim
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham
Sent: 15 August 2016 00:58
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: LF: last 23 Hr 136 op32
Joe,
Sorry to read about that , I had a near miss , cleaved a well
established Buddleia in half , now have two growing, may of also cracked
a cast iron down pipe , which was mysteriously split half way up, the
old salt glazed stone work was shattered into 6 inch lumps ..
The strike appeared to of left the mast half way down , at the sleeve
joint , guess a little parasitic inductance , saved the day [night]
That frame landed ! with a good s/n .. but only 1 other at
RX -39.3dB , not that far away in terms of total range ,,,
23:30 136 VO1NA de F6CNI Op32 -35 dB F:6% in JN19QB
73G,
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From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 12:13 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: LF: last 23 Hr 136 op32
> Thank-you Graham and Dominico.
>
> I was suprised to get the reports because there was a mismatch.
> The Decca was on one module only to see what happens.
>
> Just started an OP32 frame 2300 utc with 500 watts 3.5 amps and without
> a mismatch.
>
> Friday night's lightning may have modified the tuning coil --
> it took a while to clean the soot and ashes! It has been rebuilt
> and seems to be working well. It has taps for the RL and another
> for the tower as a back-up when the RL is out of service.
>
> 73 to all
> Joe VO1NA
>
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