You mean that the Beer Can Vertical was a joke? No wonder my friends and I never got the solder to take (we were in high school) Ken KC8QO
--- Thomas Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Question: What was your favorite April QST > April Fool's article, > or one that could have qualified? <<< > > > I think my all time favorite (and the one that > destroyed the most > equipment) was the one about > the dummy load made of RG8/U coax. > > It was a section about a foot long with PL-259s on > each end. On the > far end was a Tee connector, > with a 12" loop of coax between the open ends of the > Tee. > > The LETTERS column was hilarious the next few > issues... like the guy > who actually made one > (he was far from alone!), and hooked it to his shiny > new > Hallicrafters SR-2000 Hurricane and put > his final amp tubes into orbit around the moon!!! > > Second prize went to the Electron Accelerator > antenna. > > The graphics showed a dipole, with electrons > wandering around > randomly in a lotta space inside of the > wire near the center of the antenna. Maybe an eighth > wavelength down > the antenna, the wire size was > suddenly REDUCED, forcing the electrons into nice, > orderly, tightly > packed streams! > > Honorable mention goes to the guy who published the > NASA "Cycles to > Hertz Conversion Nomograph"!!! > > > > Mr. T., W9LBB > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): > http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
