[BC] Life at the transmitter shack

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In a message dated 03/25/2009 9:16:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kzerocx at rap.midco.net writes:

> A
>  homebuilt field strength meter, comprised of a HP2800 hot-carrier diode, 
100
>  uA meter and about a foot of antenna would peg, most anywhere in the house.

Yeesh! Make the thing resonant... and see if you can use it to power white 
LEDs for free light! ;)

I know that some have done similar when located near power AM's... at VHF, 
antenna placement would be more critical.

Willie...