On 18 Feb 2007 12:48:50 -0800, "
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On Feb 18, 8:00?am, "john graesser" wrote:
"KE5MBX" wrote in message

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Hi,
What's all this business I hear people talking about blasting people's
car stereos or killing cars altogether with high-power RF? I run 2m,
10m, and 11m in my jeep and I'd like to sort out the fact from the
legend and find out what kind of power I can use without risking
damage to my jeep or cars around me.
t what power level is front-end
overload to a nearby radio likely? At what power level is damage
likely, and to what componets?

Back in the mid 1970's I was in NROTC in college. There it was mentioned
that an EA6B (the electronics warfare version of an A6) could pulse its
radar and fry the electronics of a plane in the cone if it was close enough
(under 1 mile if I recall correctly). Anecdotal stories like that are the
source of electronic killing rf. That involved a multi megawatt microwave
pulse, not something you would normally see in an amatuer installation.

Back in the late 1960s I was a staff engineer at a small
microwave company called Micro Radionics Inc. One of
the projects I worked on was a pre-flight test set for the
E6 Intruder. Battery-powered, it could be used on deck
in front of the radome to confirm that the E6's radar was
still operating properly. No specifications existed warning
of "megawatt" peak pulse powers from Intruder aircraft.

Those were the days when the techs would check the output by putting
their hands up in front of the antenn to see if they'd get "warm".
(always take any rings of first thoughg)

I'm not familiar with the EA6B and doubt it had "megawatt"
output powers. EW designed to interfere with receivers
generally don't need such high RF output powers.


Living in an apartment, years ago I tried putting a 10 meter dipole across
the ceiling in a stealth installation, I shut down when the residents above
me complained that their tv would scramble while I tried running psk31.

In 1960 I was living in a second-story apartment and put
a short base-loaded CB antenna in the attic space about
five feet in front of the stacked TV "vee" antennas for
apartment dwellers, my own apartment included. The
2 W peak output CB had a 60 db minimum (measured)
attenuation (at Channel 2) lowpass filter. No problems
seen or reported. The TV transmitters in Los Angeles
were all grouped on top of Mt. Wilson, about 30 miles
away from the apartment.

A simple thing such as a lowpass filter can solve a lot
of problems before they happen.


Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com