[chbot] [OT} over the horizon radar, the woodpecker

[Richard Jones]

OK, I hate to admit it, but the woodpecker played havoc with my 19 set and
RF24 front end as well. I'm sure it was in action well before the 70's.

Richard

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Robin Gilks <robin at gilks.org> wrote:

>
> > mainly of interest to the older, northern hemisphere radio ham.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbi6eoh63ZQ
> >
> > So that is what made the infernal noise...
> >
> > -mark
>
> How well I remember that infernal noise - it used to wipe out the 10m band!
> With a Canadian Marconi No52 set (
> http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/marconi_ca_c52.html ) and an RF26 unit (
>
> http://www.duxfordradiosociety.org/restoration/restoredequip/r1355/rf-unit-no-27-150dpi-455p.jpg
> ) frontend and a 180foot long wire antenna I could hear quite a lot when
> it wasn't running.
>
> In fact in 1968 I got a contact on 27MHz radio control band (as it was in
> the UK) to a CB operator in his car as he drove through Central Virginia.
> He was running 5W, I was running 25W from a 5763 (
> http://www.r-type.org/pics/aam0048.jpg ) choke modulated by a 6BW6 (
> http://www.r-type.org/pics/aaa0343.jpg ) into a dipole.
>
> Any idea what the Woodpecker transmit power was?
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
>
>
>
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