Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

Think I  remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the door open. On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > transmitter.... > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes <tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL card >> for it. 😊. >> >> >> >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor >> Clarke via mvus-list >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> >> Cc: Trevor Clarke <retrev@csh.rit.edu> >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter >> >> >> >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for an >> >> article? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < >> >> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it to >> me >> >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. >>> Jim >>> j.bacher@ieee.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mvus-list mailing list >>> mvus-list@lists.febo.com >>> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Trevor R.H. Clarke >> >> Computer Science House >> >> Rochester Institute of Technology >> >> retrev@csh.rit.edu >> >> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> mvus-list mailing list >> >> mvus-list@lists.febo.com >> >> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >> >

Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

Hi John... And defeat the interlock😉. Tom Holmes, N8ZM -----Original Message----- From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John Hepner via mvus-list Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the door open. On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > transmitter.... > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto:tholmes@woh.rr.com> tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL card >> for it. 😊. >> >> >> >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor >> Clarke via mvus-list >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> >> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter >> >> >> >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for an >> >> article? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < >> >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it to >> me >> >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. >>> Jim >>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mvus-list mailing list >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Trevor R.H. Clarke >> >> Computer Science House >> >> Rochester Institute of Technology >> >> <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu >> >> <http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> mvus-list mailing list >> >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com >> >> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >> > _______________________________________________ mvus-list mailing list <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com

Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

Blowing up raw eggs is a lot of fun....until the XYL comes in and sees the mess. On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 10:34 Tom Holmes via mvus-list < mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > Hi John... > > > > > > And defeat the interlock😉. > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John > Hepner via mvus-list > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM > To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> > Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the > > door open. > > > > On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > > > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > > > transmitter.... > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto:tholmes@woh.rr.com> > tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL > card > > >> for it. 😊. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> > mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor > > >> Clarke via mvus-list > > >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM > > >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto: > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > >> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> > > >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for an > > >> > > >> article? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < > > >> > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it to > > >> me > > >> > > >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. > > >>> Jim > > >>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> mvus-list mailing list > > >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Trevor R.H. Clarke > > >> > > >> Computer Science House > > >> > > >> Rochester Institute of Technology > > >> > > >> <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu > > >> > > >> <http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> > > >> mvus-list mailing list > > >> > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > >> > > >> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mvus-list mailing list > > <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@lists.febo.com > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >

Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

Well have at it Mike. BTW can I come over and watch it? I will even bring you some eggs... Randy -----Original Message----- From: mvus-list [mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com] On Behalf Of Mike Suhar via mvus-list Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:39 AM To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List Cc: Mike Suhar Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter Blowing up raw eggs is a lot of fun....until the XYL comes in and sees the mess. On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 10:34 Tom Holmes via mvus-list < mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > Hi John... > > > > > > And defeat the interlock??. > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John > Hepner via mvus-list > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM > To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> > Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the > > door open. > > > > On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > > > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > > > transmitter.... > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto:tholmes@woh.rr.com> > tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL > card > > >> for it. ??. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> > mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor > > >> Clarke via mvus-list > > >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM > > >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto: > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > >> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> > > >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for an > > >> > > >> article? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < > > >> > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it to > > >> me > > >> > > >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. > > >>> Jim > > >>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> mvus-list mailing list > > >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Trevor R.H. Clarke > > >> > > >> Computer Science House > > >> > > >> Rochester Institute of Technology > > >> > > >> <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu > > >> > > >> <http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> > > >> mvus-list mailing list > > >> > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > >> > > >> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mvus-list mailing list > > <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@lists.febo.com > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > _______________________________________________ mvus-list mailing list mvus-list@lists.febo.com http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com

Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

Mike, Tell her the dog must have done it. Back around 1970 when I first bought a microwave oven I deliberately blew up an egg just to see what would happen. I put it in a quart-sized Pyrex measuring cup, then covered the top with a couple layers of Saran Wrap with a tight rubber band to help hold the SW in place. I fired up the oven and watched expectantly, and eventually the egg made a soft pop noise and split open. So far, no mess at all. Well, that was a disappointment! Then it occurred to me to cook it some more and eat it to see if this might be a viable way of cooking raw eggs. So I punched the "go" button, and turned my back on it while I looked for a fork. Suddenly there was a loud BANG!, and when I looked the already split egg was now in many pieces all over the inside of the oven. Apparently it's not the shell that contains the pre-explosion pressure build up, but rather internally-cooked layers of the white or yolk. A few years later a friend suggested a warning placard that should be placed on all microwave ovens: "Warning, do not attempt to cook coconuts in this oven!". The two of us discussed this at length and eventually the temptation to try it grew irresistible. We asked around until we found someone who had an oven that he regarded as "sacrificial" to use for the test. This, too, was a disappointment. Eventually the shell cracked open and leaked out the "milk", but hardly made a sound at all. We had been expecting it to go off like a bomb, so we had set up the experiment outdoors and wore safety goggles and all that. I do often warm up refrigerated boiled eggs in my microwave, in two stages of about 12-13 seconds each with about 1 minute in between to allow heat to spread away from the hot spots. I've never blown up an egg in this manner, until I once got distracted and forgot to stop the oven at the end of the 2nd heating cycle. That *did* end with an explosion and quite a mess to clean up. Being XYL-less with no pets, I had to place the blame entirely on myself, but at least I was free to verbally ionize the air for a bit by way of cooling off. Dana On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:56 AM Mike Suhar via mvus-list < mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > Blowing up raw eggs is a lot of fun....until the XYL comes in and sees the > mess. > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 10:34 Tom Holmes via mvus-list < > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > > Hi John... > > > > > > > > > > > > And defeat the interlock😉. > > > > > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John > > Hepner via mvus-list > > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM > > To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> > > Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > > > > > Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the > > > > door open. > > > > > > > > On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > > > > > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > > > > > transmitter.... > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto: > tholmes@woh.rr.com> > > tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL > > card > > > > >> for it. 😊. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> > > mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor > > > > >> Clarke via mvus-list > > > > >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM > > > > >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto: > > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > > > >> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> > > > > >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for > an > > > > >> > > > > >> article? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < > > > > >> > > > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it > to > > > > >> me > > > > >> > > > > >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. > > > > >>> Jim > > > > >>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>> mvus-list mailing list > > > > >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > > > >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> > > > > >> Trevor R.H. Clarke > > > > >> > > > > >> Computer Science House > > > > >> > > > > >> Rochester Institute of Technology > > > > >> > > > > >> <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu > > > > >> > > > > >> <http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ > > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> > > > > >> mvus-list mailing list > > > > >> > > > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > > > >> > > > > >> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > mvus-list mailing list > > > > <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > > > <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mvus-list mailing list > > mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@lists.febo.com > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >

Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

A company I am familiar with had a customer who complained that their wifi products would go off line about 11 AM everyday. As typical they claimed other products didn't have the same issue. The company investigated it and discovered that the workers had taken the doors off of the microwave ovens and defeated the safety switches to speed up the lunch line. Didn't take long for their customer to resolve the issue. Jim On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 10:34 AM Tom Holmes via mvus-list < mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > Hi John... > > > > > > And defeat the interlock😉. > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John > Hepner via mvus-list > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM > To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> > Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the > > door open. > > > > On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > > > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > > > transmitter.... > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto:tholmes@woh.rr.com> > tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL > card > > >> for it. 😊. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> > mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor > > >> Clarke via mvus-list > > >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM > > >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto: > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > >> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> > > >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for an > > >> > > >> article? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < > > >> > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it to > > >> me > > >> > > >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. > > >>> Jim > > >>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> mvus-list mailing list > > >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Trevor R.H. Clarke > > >> > > >> Computer Science House > > >> > > >> Rochester Institute of Technology > > >> > > >> <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu > > >> > > >> <http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> > > >> mvus-list mailing list > > >> > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > >> > > >> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mvus-list mailing list > > <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@lists.febo.com > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >

Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

I remember a story about a radio astronomy observatory (perhaps on mauna kea) that was seeing a consistent signal at the same time every night but couldn't explain it. (It's aliens!) Turns out a night janitor in one of the support buildings was ignoring blackout times and microwaved his dinner when he went on break at the same time each night. On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 12:12 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > A company I am familiar with had a customer who complained that their wifi > products would go off line about 11 AM everyday. As typical they claimed > other products didn't have the same issue. > > The company investigated it and discovered that the workers had taken the > doors off of the microwave ovens and defeated the safety switches to speed > up the lunch line. Didn't take long for their customer to resolve the > issue. > > > Jim > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 10:34 AM Tom Holmes via mvus-list < > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > > Hi John... > > > > > > > > > > > > And defeat the interlock😉. > > > > > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John > > Hepner via mvus-list > > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM > > To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> > > Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > > > > > Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the > > > > door open. > > > > > > > > On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > > > > > Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap > > > > > transmitter.... > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto: > tholmes@woh.rr.com> > > tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL > > card > > > > >> for it. 😊. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> > > mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor > > > > >> Clarke via mvus-list > > > > >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM > > > > >> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto: > > mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > > > > >> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> > > > > >> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for > an > > > > >> > > > > >> article? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < > > > > >> > > > > >> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it > to > > > > >> me > > > > >> > > > > >>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. > > > > >>> Jim > > > > >>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>> mvus-list mailing list > > > > >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > > > >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> > > > > >> Trevor R.H. 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 Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap

Right. On 2/18/21 10:33 AM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list wrote: > Hi John... > > And defeat the interlock😉. > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > -----Original Message----- > From: mvus-list <mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of John Hepner via mvus-list > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 10:26 AM > To: Trevor Clarke via mvus-list <mvus-list@lists.febo.com> > Cc: John Hepner <hepnerj@asyla.org> > Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter > > > > Think I remember someone doing ATV with one, but you need to keep the > > door open. > > > > On 2/18/21 9:22 AM, Trevor Clarke via mvus-list wrote: > >> Hmmm...wonder if I can turn it into a microwave spark gap >> transmitter.... >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:19 AM Tom Holmes < <mailto:tholmes@woh.rr.com> tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: >>> Yes, if you made a QSO with more than just your lunch. And got a QSL card >>> for it. 😊. >>> Tom Holmes, N8ZM >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mvus-list < <mailto:mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> mvus-list-bounces@lists.febo.com> On Behalf Of Trevor >>> Clarke via mvus-list >>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:14 AM >>> To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List < <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> >>> Cc: Trevor Clarke < <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu> >>> Subject: Re: [mvus-list] Articles for MVUS Newsletter >>> I managed to use my microwave oven this month. Does that qualify for an >>> article? >>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:44 PM Jim Bacher via mvus-list < >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com> wrote: >>>> If you have something to go in this months newsletter, please get it to >>> me >>>> by next Tuesday. Please send it to me directly and not the list. >>>> Jim >>>> <mailto:j.bacher@ieee.org> j.bacher@ieee.org >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mvus-list mailing list >>>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com >>>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com >>> -- >>> Trevor R.H. Clarke >>> Computer Science House >>> Rochester Institute of Technology >>> <mailto:retrev@csh.rit.edu> retrev@csh.rit.edu >>> <http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/> http://www.csh.rit.edu/~retrev/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mvus-list mailing list >>> <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com >>> <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > mvus-list mailing list > > <mailto:mvus-list@lists.febo.com> mvus-list@lists.febo.com > > <http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@lists.febo.com > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list_lists.febo.com