Der Audio Kooken

[Lee Smith]

Jeffrey:
The only thing for you to do is use oxygen free feedline cables which are a
maximum of 6 feet long to minimize the losses from your previously
signal-starved receiver!  As a precaution, I'd recommend a minimum of 20
such individual cables to keep the losses to an acceptable level.  I'm sure
that it will noticeably increase the fidelity of those S-1 signals which
are just at the noise level, and the psyco-acoustics will be greatly
enhanced.  I would be prepared to pay top dollar if these cables were
available commercially...in fact, I think that Belden must surely have an
engineering team working on solving this problem now that it has been
scientifically verified as being a true problem for us SSB
operators....must surely make the signals sound like FM Broadcast Band
stations....I really look forward to hearing the reception results from
your 8 foot diameter culvert beverage antenna.  I assume you are going to
have concrete pilings poured to support it...or maybe you should use fom
special insulating concrete for that critical job.....formulated with
cement free concrete maybe?  Be sure to take some photos so they can be
posted on the FCC, NSA, and CIA websites for us all to view!
Loved the post Jeff!
regards to all,
Lee Smith,
VE4ANC

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> From: Jeffrey Herman <jeffreyh at HAWAII.EDU>
> To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Der Audio Kooken
> Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 2:42 PM
>
> I've somehow gotten on an audiophile mail (postal) list. It's
> quite amusing to read the garbage the various companies are
> feeding the consumers. For example:
>
> "Are you starving your tuner with yesterday's technology? Did
> you know that rabbit ears and whip antennas have a total surface
> area of only 18-35 square inches, making it IMPOSSIBLE to cover
> the entire FM band without tuning or impedance mis-match?
> The In-Tenn's MASSIVE CAPTURE AREA - 861 square inches! -
> provides the bandwidth to cover the entire FM band while
> maintaining proper impedance match. CLEANER SOUND in a
> neater package  ...blah blah... $295..."
>
> Because there is a spark of truth to the above (bandwidth is
> proportional to surface area), I've decided to replace my 160m
> 2-wavelength wire Beverage receiving antenna (with its terribly small
> surface area) with a 2-wavelength cast iron sewer pipe (8 feet in
> diameter) just so I don't starve my receiver. And I don't want to hear
> about any of you folks starving your receivers (I swear I'll
> petition the FCC to include in Part 97 a prohibition against
> the starvation of rcvrs!).
>
> Gotta get some more coffee...
>
> Jeff KH2PZ
>
> P.S. How do I connect that 8-foot pipe to the antenna terminal of
> my SX-101 w/o using wire?
>
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