> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> ALANNOTTAGE@aol.com
> Sent: June 13, 2007 08:04
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Fw Bananas
>
> In an earlier message N6TJ wrote:
>
>
> > So if one banana provides a 90-minute energy boost...
> >
> This will depend on it's ripeness, as the GI value changes as
> it gets riper (and hence sweeter). A K6VVA spec (greenish)
> one will provide energy in a more evenly distributed form
> (i.e over a longer period) without the 'boost'
> effect.
>
> If want to speed up ripening on the other hand, you could
> always place it next to the warm air exhaust of your 3-500Z
> amp. It may have anti-parasitic properties too, which could
> of course suppress unwanted oscillation and hence minimise
> the risk of flashover, but that's a whole other area :>)
>
> Al G0XBV
I'm in the process of rebuilding a SB220 so should I be considering a banana
socket and, if so, where could I acquire said beast? Are they hard to
fabricate?
73 -- Paul VO1HE
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