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On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:48:42 -0500, Cecil Moore
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Walter Maxwell wrote:
Sorry, Ken, knots are a no-no. DC can travel through them, but RF? Uhn Uh. The
RF gets all tied up in them and doesn't know which way to go, so the power
concentrates there and pulverizes both the wire and the insulation--the knot
goes pooof! And down comes the dipole. How much did you say you paid for it?


At one place I worked in CA, we put a knot in the AC line of
our soldering irons and hung them on cup hooks on the wall when
not in use.

I was using one at a bench when a secretary asked me what the
knot was for. I told her that's how we regulate the temperature
of the iron - the tighter the knot, the fewer the electrons
getting to the heating element. Physics was not her long suit.


Did she look OK in a short suit? :-)

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Did she look OK in a short suit? :-)


This was back in the 1970's free love days in Silicon
Valley. She wore mini-skirts and no panties. Every day
when she left work, the R&D engineers would gather round
the window and pray for the wind to blow.
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