On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Jim wrote:

> One question, two parts -
>
> Do you have any neighbors who are hams or
> listen to LW or MW (known as "the AM Broadcast
> band" here in the states) broadcasts?

Just me (n0xas) on HF, and my wife listening to the AM talk stations.

> Any sort of SCR or FET based PWM should sound *swell*
> on those lower bands!

I have thought of that, and will play around with it until the RF is
minimal.  I figure it should be controllable with a relatively "soft"
turn-on/off, most likely achieved with some capacitance in parallel with
the lamps.  I use a fairly sensitive DC receiver with a pretty wide front
end (Oak Hills Sprint) for 40m QRP, so I'm somewhat sensitive to those
issues.  8-)

Dale

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