Subject: glowbugs V1 #240
glowbugs Saturday, February 7 1998 Volume 01 : Number 240
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 13:48:25 -0600
From: launerb@crl.com (William H. Launer)
Subject: Re: More RF current indicating devices... neat ideas!
>Neat idea. That makes me think if maybe one could take a foot or so
>of 450 ohm line and use that as the pickup with the floating lead
>going through the lamp to ground. I would expect that to work on
>both low and high impedance antennas. Hmmmmm, wasn't there a twinline
>indicator based upon something like that back in the 60's? It rings
>a bell somewhere.
There is a device called the "Twin-Lamp" discussed in the 1951 ARRL
Handbook (also in the 1972 ARRL VHF Handbook). This is an "inexpensive
standing-wave indicator for 300-Ohm line". It uses 2 pilot lamps
connected to a pick-up loop made of 300 Ohm twin lead. This pick-up
loop is taped flat on the 300 Ohm transmission line, and connected
electrically to one of the transmission line conductors. One lamp
indicates forward power, and the other indicates reflected power. The
process is to tune for minimum reflected power (the reflected power lamp
as dim as possible).
I've not used this, but it looks interesting. The VHF Manual calls lamps
"the poor man's meters". There is a wealth of information in the older
handbooks.
73, Bill wb0cld
Bill Launer
St. Charles, MO
launerb@crl.com
wb0cld@wb0cld.ampr.org [44.46.66.25]
qrp-l #279 qrp arci #3551
Grid Square EM48RT
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:44:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Ken Gordon <keng@uidaho.edu>
Subject: Bobbi Barmore...
I have lost your e-mail address. I have found ONE Bliley BC-2 crystal
holder with 3550 crystal in it. This is the round, black one with two
pins on the bottom and a top which unscrews. Seems to me you wanted one a
while back. Please e-mail me.
Ken W7EKB
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 10:48:18 -0400
From: Bill Meara <wmeara@erols.com>
Subject: Re: How to make a dial?
At 12:40 PM 2/5/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Bill Meara wrote:
>
>> I think a discarded compact disc would also be useful as a dial (in lieu of
>> the coffee can thing!)
>
>I hereby nominate Bill for the GIOTH. (Glowbug Idea Of The Month.)
>Excellent!
>
>Jan, SM5GNN
Jan: Thanks for the award nomination. I was very pleased! I haven't
tried the compact disc idea because my coffee can top works so well. It
really looks like it was made specifically for this purpose. It is also a
continuation of the old ham tradition of using kitchen items for radio
projects (as with breadboards). This makes the coffee can top particularly
suitable for Glowbug rigs. Perhaps we should only use the CDs for solid
state rigs!
73 de N2CQR
Bill Meara, Falls Church, Virginia
wmeara@erols.com G-QRP #7965
http://www.mindspring.com/~johnmb/billm.htm
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 13:19:23 -0400
From: "Brian Carling" <bry@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Re: Bobbi Barmore... & XYL OPS on AM!
You know - it's GREAT that there are some YLs on the old Tube
Rigs!!
I just met a YL on 40m AM - AE4RF, Carol.
She is a shipboard radio operator!
Carol was running a VIKING II and an RME-84 receiver.
I never heard of that receiver before!
I wonder if she knows Bobbi?
ANyone else contacted any YLs on AM lately?
73 - Bry
On 6 Feb 98 at 21:44, Ken wrote:
> I have lost your e-mail address. I have found ONE Bliley BC-2 crystal
> holder with 3550 crystal in it. This is the round, black one with two
> pins on the bottom and a top which unscrews. Seems to me you wanted one a
> while back. Please e-mail me.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 17:06:35 -0500 (EST)
From: lee1@digital.net
Subject: FW: Warning.... don't open "Join the Crew"
>From: Steve Richardson <s.richardson@btinternet.com>
>To: "'Cad...USA'" <Cadling@webtv.net>,
> "'Cheryl...Australia'"
> <mobbsy@ozemail.com.au>,
> "'Cheryl...USA'" <cmm39@hotmail.com>,
> "'Debby...Taiwan'" <chungsen@ms6.hinet.net>,
> "'Fran....Italy'" <flmenon@tin.it>, "'Igor...Siberia'" <poli@nsu.ru>
>To: "'Joady...Canada'" <j.silver@sympatico.ca>,
> "'John...Orkney Islands'"
> <gm4ewz@mcmail.com>,
> "'John...USA'" <doctormad@earthlink.net>,
> "'Lee...USA'" <lee1@digital.net>,
> "'Lina...Spain'" <lvanrell@arrakis.es>,
> "'Linda...Oslo'" <lindaclj@online.no>
>To: "'Matt...USA'" <robocop@clark.net>, "'Mick Black'" <blackcm@boat.bt.com>,
> "'Mick Godwin'" <m.w.g@btinternet.com>,
> "'Norm...Oz''" <nlilley@onaustralia.com.au>,
> "'Simon'" <rennison@clara.net>, "'Stu''" <s.c.p.r@btinternet.com>
>To: "'Vel'" <veletta@clara.net>, "'Yvonne'" <cob@dial.pipex.com>
>Subject: FW: Warning.... don't open "Join the Crew"
>Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 09:53:18 -0000
>X-UIDL: 3914b3a063c070551c17b1e4834ded58
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pat [SMTP:ironorchid@cableinet.co.uk]
>Sent: Friday, February 06, 1998 10:01 PM
>To: Mr Richardson; Lorraine; Kelley; Ernest Bramah; Elizabeth Stark;
Donnelly Anne NTSE; Chapfam
>Subject: Warning.... don't open "Join the Crew"
>
>I have received this information from a VERY reliable source.......take
>note!!!:-
>
>
>"If you receive an e-mail titled "JOIN THE CREW", DO NOT open it. It
>will
>erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this out to as many people
>as
>you can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know
>about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM:
>please share it with everyone that might access the Internet.
>
>Once again, pass this along to everyone in your address book so that
>this
>may be stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says
>""RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER". This virus will attach itself to your
>computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail
>items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus
>and
>that there is NO remedy for it at this time . Please practice cautionary
>measures and forward this to all your online friends ASAP.
>
>This information relates to Internet mail only."
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>source.......take<BR>note!!!:-<BR><BR><BR>"If you receive an e-mail
titled
>"JOIN THE CREW", DO NOT open it. It<BR>will<BR>erase everything on
>your hard drive. Forward this out to as many people<BR>as<BR>you can. This
is a
>new, very malicious virus and not many people know<BR>about it. This
information
>was announced yesterday morning from IBM:<BR>please share it with everyone
that
>might access the Internet.<BR><BR>Once again, pass this along to everyone in
>your address book so that<BR>this<BR>may be stopped. Also, do not open or even
>look at any mail that says<BR>""RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER".
>This virus will attach itself to your<BR>computer components and render them
>useless. Immediately delete any mail<BR>items that say this. AOL has said that
>this is a very dangerous virus<BR>and<BR>that there is NO remedy for it at
this
>time . Please practice cautionary<BR>measures and forward this to all your
>online friends ASAP.<BR><BR>This information relates to Internet mail
>only." </DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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