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The acetone in paint or primer evaporates very quickly and so has little chance to permeate the substrate. I did a search for ABS and Acetone and found some interesting info on using a heated acetone
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Hi Frans, Rick and all who responded: This is very reassuring and I will probably use an exterior wall paint of matching color. That is what IZ0FYS has done in Italy. His QRZ.com page shows photos.
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As a chemist I would agree, metal oxides etc. do not inherit ANY metal free electron behaviour and would therefore not have a negative effect. I would expect they mean 'Metallic' paint, that actually
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I think when they said "metal" the meant the elemental form of the metal, not a compound like TiO. In any event, I would not worry about the effect of paint, because it will be negligible compared to
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Thanks for the taping idea for the black housing of the loop. That would probably be the last resort! The loop will be exposed on the balcony in this continental climate; the tape would probably
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Slick Idea! Don W4BWS -- Dr. Don W4BWS
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Ooooooo. There's an idea. Teflon tape!
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Why not tape it with the required colour?
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MFJ-1788 housing needs painting
Hi All: Before moving to an apartment with balcony, where the MFJ loop will stick out like a sore thumb, I need to paint its black ABS housing white or another light color. MFJ advise us not to use a
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This may be interesting for LW and VLF/ELF work. I suspect that above 1MHz other effects and non-idealities swamp the common mode rejection ratio of the amplifier. 73, Mike
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I found that file in the group files section. The title is: Active Antenna Amplifiers for Low Voltage Operation RevA.pdf Although the designs are for low-voltage operation, they can be used for supply
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File - Links.txt
Active AM Antenna With Twin Coil Ferrite by C. Crane Co. http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/am-antennas/ JLKolb?s antenna links including the KRS AA-1 Active Antenna schematic, antenna preamplfiers,
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If you have a link relevant to the group, please post it in the Links section. If you just put it in a message, it will get lost in the shuffle after a few days. The coverage of the list is pretty
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When I measured the batch I got I built a buffered VCO with the L.O. coil from an old MW radio using a socket for the varactors to test the frequency output at 12 discrete voltages using a 12 position
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One other problem with varactors is testing. The loop design I published in the National Contest Journal cannot be tested with the MFJ-259 impedance meter (and probably similar units) because the
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I've been using varactors for MW and LW loops for years. There are a couple of things to be careful of. When using a back to back configuration I've found it best to match them as closely as possible.
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I'll look at that later when I have a WiFi connection. The loop antenna is best viewd as being a current source with a series inductance and a low series resistance. When seen that way, series tuning
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Yes, that's the circuit. http://www.lowfer.us/k0lr/bal-pre/bal-pre.htm http://www.lowfer.us/k0lr/bal-pre/bal-pre.htm. I thought the point was to have such a high impedance that the loop/inductor was
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Is that the one with the balanced MPF102 input stage and a balanced 2N2907 output stage? I have reservations about that approach as the low impedance of a loop pretty much dictates a low input
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Wow answers from the living legends themselves! I have a few of your documents in my files that I have been educating myself from! The balanced (differential) preamp I am gathering parts for is from a
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Richard Jones
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