Larsen and I were good friends before his untimely demise. We used to hunt
spamalope together. He had a sharp mind but was the victim of many skeptics
concerning his technical expertise. Now, many are coming to realize the many
truths he revealed in his articles. Somewhat of a serer, Larsen predicted
such things as:
1. Remote tuning knobs
2. Automatic cw spotting systems
3. Robust transistor final amplifiers
4. Rigs with microchirp by year 2000
5. Rigs with built in tv screens that display clouds.
6. All rigs to be black by 2002.
7. Huge glut of 12m mobile antennas
There's just too much to list.
RIP OM Larsen
Steve Ellington N4LQ.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <N4NT@chartertn.net>
To: "Millard Qualls" <mhqualls@worldnet.att.net>; "William F. Mansey;
WA2PVK" <res0wsci@verizon.net>; <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Possible explanation for problem(s) with Jupiter
finals
> Larsen E. Rapp was WIOU.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Millard Qualls" <mhqualls@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "William F. Mansey; WA2PVK" <res0wsci@verizon.net>;
> <TenTec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Possible explanation for problem(s) with Jupiter
> finals
>
>
> | I believe this April Fool article has stirred more interest than any
> since
> | the great Larsen E. Rapp, W1IOU, of many years ago.
> |
> | 73, Millard Qualls, K9DIY
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "William F. Mansey; WA2PVK" <res0wsci@verizon.net>
> | To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
> | Sent: Monday, 2002 April 15 12:00 PM
> | Subject: [TenTec] Possible explanation for problem(s) with Jupiter
> finals
> |
> |
> | > Hello All,
> | > I recently read some items in "QST" that could possibly explain
> the
> | > problem with finals. These items referred to the effects of gravity
> on RF
> | > energy. Perhaps, therefore, the damage is caused by the RF left in
> the
> | > cable draining back into the rig. I suppose that forcing RF back
> through
> | > the finals is causing excessive heating. This effect would obviously
> be
> | > worse with higher antennas. Perhaps a T/R switch with a third
> position
> | > would prevent problems. The extra position would momentarily switch
> the
> | > antenna to a dummy load (to safely absorb the RF in the cable)
> before
> | > switching to receive.
> | > I got the impression, based on my interpretation of the
> information,
> | > that RF at lower frequencies is "heavier" than RF at higher
> frequencies.
> | I
> | > DISAGREE - - - If that were true VHF would be great for DXing!!!
> VHF is
> | > line of sight THEREFORE this RF is most certainly heavier or it
> would go
> | > farther than it does!!! 73; Bill, WA2PVK :-)
> | >
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