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Old May 2nd 07, 03:00 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Telamon Telamon is offline
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Default Phone line as SW antenna [12-Jul-06]

In article ,
"Brian O" wrote:

Although this might be viable, I'm not one to eagerly attach a line that has
70+volts AC coming across it on a regular basis.


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More likely around 100V. Varies according to region.

You got a problem with sending your radio into the shop for a fresh set
of front end semiconductors I guess.

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Telamon
Ventura, California