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Re: [Amps] rfi

To: "Amps Reflector" <amps@contesting.com>,"Mark Hill" <g4fph@mjha.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Amps] rfi
From: "Gary Smith" <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-to: Gary Smith <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:44:19 -0700
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Would LOVE to pull up to one of the "new young guns" with his stereo going 
at full chat and give him a dose of 500-60 watts with a "This is the 
Almighty and you're going to you-know-where."
73's,
Gary...wa6fgi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hill" <g4fph@mjha.co.uk>
To: "Amps Reflector" <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] rfi


> Folks,
>
> Two examples I learned of recently:
> The first, a fixed station, using his amplifier on 40 causes the
> electric shower switches itself on automatically.
> Second, a mobile running only 100W on 80/40, giving a good whistle
> causes the cars electric mirrors to twitch like bunny ears!
>
> A much older example involved the landing lights in the chap's house
> getting brighter when he was DX'ing on 160 metres.  I think he must
> have modified his Yaesu FL-2500 to ensure it complied with the UK's
> then, 10 W max DC input, licence condition for the band ;-)
>
> Regards.
>
> Mark.
>
> ------------------------------------------
> At 11:33 01/05/2007, you wrote:
>>My problem on 80m with an amp is self defeating - at 300 watts into
>>the dipole over the house, the RCD (GFCI in American)  trips,
>>killing power to the whole house!
>>73
>>Peter G3RZP
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