Jeeze, that's QRP.
My Elmer was a neighbor, Lee, W7UVR. Before SSB he ran a 4-1000A high-level
modulated in his mobile. I can assure you that there weren't any toilet tank
balls on his antennas. The need for those is IMHO, an old wives tale. After
SSB, the 4-1000 ran as a linear. There was 5KW of generator and while
stationary, the mini-beam was blown up to 30' above the roof. The mobile in
motion antennas were a pair of whips, with remotely (driver's seat) motor tuned
vacuum variables and silver-plated edge-wound inductors in the matching networks
The car was a '55 Mercury station wagon with a bored and stroked '56 Lincoln
engine and a truck rear axle and springs. There was one extra leaf in the
spring under the side with the pole pig HV and modulation transformers.
There is some more about him (which is a repeat of what I wrote) under "High
Power Mobile" at http://www.k0bg.com/yesteryear.html and photos here:
http://www.k0bg.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1039
As to the question about where the wife sat, there was no wife.
On 4/2/2016 12:22 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote:
Yep, and I remember HWL running the ART13 and blew the poorly mounted SS tip
off the whip at a convention. That makes me older than dirt.....
Mel, K6KBE
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