Al Thomason wrote:

How concerned do I need to be about an Air Horn (Buell, 17/23") near a
SSB antenna? The location I am going to put the whip in has an air
horn perhaps 1' forward. Should I relocate the horn to the other
side?


The blast effect or "felt" air pressure from those horns is actually
very little. I doubt that there would be any effect with the antenna
one foot away. If they are good horns, you'll need someone to put their
fingers in your ears while you test my statement.

A good set of Buell's is a requisite for any power boat that wants to
have any credibility. And then you can tune them too, did you know
that? If you can put small an inline regulator on the main feed line
and on one or both individual air lines to the horns, you can get the
sound to go into harmonic oscillations on the longer blasts. It is a
beautiful thing when it starts happening after one or two seconds. It
adds a real "I'd better pay attention and start looking for this guy!"
quality. A good skipper does not use his horns a lot but needs to be
heard when he does.

I have a Buell motorcycle, I often think of air horns when I look at it.
That big, lovely, Harley-Davidson V-Twin dinosaur engine seems to have
something in common with a pair of air horns. And I'd like to have a
set of Buells on my Buell but there is not really room for them.

Jack

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