This is a really excellent example of ham ingenuity. Michael, AA1TJ, has built an 80 meter CW transmitter from the components in one of the compact florescent light bulbs.http://mjrainey.googlepages.com/dasderelicht
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An Unintended Post-Mortem
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Many of us wind up in a similar situation, I'm sure: we impulse buy at
hamfests—great plans for some big old currently non-working piece of
gear—and then...
2 hours ago
UK-based solder-smokers can get 5
ReplyDeleteof these bulbs for £1 in the Homebase chain just now (4th Jan)
- a cheap source of components! - alternatively you can use them as light-bulbs....
Neil GM8EUG