GB> RFI: TORCHIERE TORTURE!

[Bry Carling]

Wow Chris you are SO helpful!

You could sell it as a morse training device too!

> I think you've got quite an interesting potential product there, Bry, old
> boy.  My suggestion is to patent the system, including a torchiere element,
> in the package.  Seems like it would drive someone nuts (goofy, etc.) who
> would be exposed to the seemingly mysterious behavior of the torchiere but
> not be in the know.  So there would be a great market among the prankster or
> provocateur buyers.  Then there would be the experimenter group...hams, etc.
> 
> To paraphrase a hackneyed expression, "If you can't beat it, make it a
> product and sell it!
> The above idea is offered totally free.
> Merry Christmas, and GL. 
> Chris
> W7JPG
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu] On Behalf Of Bry Carling
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:26 PM
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> Subject: GB> RFI: TORCHIERE TORTURE!
> 
> I have an RFI issue in the house here... I was wondering if 
> anyone else has seen this...
> 
> I have a tall torchiere in another part of the house, and it 
> is the type that you can turn on by TOUCHING the vertical 
> bar. If you touch it repeatedly the britghtness changes too.
> 
> The only problem is that my rig turns it on too! In fact, with 
> every DIT oir DAH of CW it either changes the brightness
> or turns it on/off.
> 
> I am getting this on 40m, 30m and 20m CW. The antenna is an 
> end fed random wire with an L-network tuner, upstairs on 
> the second floor. My "ground" is a wire to the screw on the 
> wall plate. Not great I know.
> 
> I haven't tried other bands yet!
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks & 73 - Bry, AF4K
> 
> 
> 
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