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163 in the desert is on 38 lsb today
- Thread starter Rwb
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Art Bell lived just outside of town here in a place called Pahrump, NV.
he had a huge loop antenna set up out there very high up in the air.
one day he decided to measure the voltage from feedpoint to ground and saw over 400 volts there.
he thought for a bit that he had discovered free energy.
It turned out to be a phenomenon with blowing sand hitting antenna elements and creating static electricity.
the ham community here was talking about that one for a long time.
LC
he had a huge loop antenna set up out there very high up in the air.
one day he decided to measure the voltage from feedpoint to ground and saw over 400 volts there.
he thought for a bit that he had discovered free energy.
It turned out to be a phenomenon with blowing sand hitting antenna elements and creating static electricity.
the ham community here was talking about that one for a long time.
LC
Interesting guy for sure. Would like to have known him.
Well I missed it all. Too young or living under a rock I guess. The sheltered life.
Art Bell got talked about around here a lot because he was local.
You could actually talk to him on your ham radio!
There were soooo many fanboy hams around here drooling over the idea of QSLing with the great Art Bell.
The truth?
he was a bit of an ass IMHO.
very elitist, and talked on the radio as if he was hosting a show, and all the hams that wanted to talk to him were like the callers. (i never spoke with him but was listening a few times when he was on the air)
not to mention him marrying that young filipino girl with weeks of his wife's death.
great radio host? sure.
great person? ehhhhh...
LC
You could actually talk to him on your ham radio!
There were soooo many fanboy hams around here drooling over the idea of QSLing with the great Art Bell.
The truth?
he was a bit of an ass IMHO.
very elitist, and talked on the radio as if he was hosting a show, and all the hams that wanted to talk to him were like the callers. (i never spoke with him but was listening a few times when he was on the air)
not to mention him marrying that young filipino girl with weeks of his wife's death.
great radio host? sure.
great person? ehhhhh...
LC
I’ll just uh, leave this here, and uh... y’all keep an eye on it for me while I run to the bathroom.
