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VHF Antenna Recomendation
"Bruce in Alaska" wrote: For SOLAS Inspected vessels an RF Indicator is part of the Required Equipment for each Transmitter. This is a device that indicates that RF Energy is present at the Antenna Port of the transmitter. I learned very early in my career that an NE2 Neon Light taped to the antenna just above the antenna tuner, would light up, when the transmitter was in operation. These cost $.20 each, and the FCC Inspectors would accept them, as fullfilling that requirement. For VHF's however, we always used the Radio Shack FS1 Field Strength Meter/SWR Bridge, which used to be $9.95, back in the day. I understand that these are now very hard to find, and I am not sure what folks are using on SOLAS Inspected vessels these days. Maybe Lynn knows..... Bruce in alaska RF indicators: Yes, we've put on a few Radio Shack SWR bridges as well as some Vanco's, which came in a handy vertical case configuration. I've got a Vanco in my 10 meter coax now.... it was put there to tune my attic dipole. (before I got my snazzy MFJ-259) I've never done this newly authorized contract SOLAS inspection by myself. When I was still in the business, the FCC's field engineer did the inspecting, and I was hired to tag along and keep discrepancies from becoming open warfare. Of course if I was the regular servicing tech, there weren't and discrepancies. Yoou Betcha! Wasn't Zinns, or something like that, the nice guy that liked to go to a nice place for lunch and tell inspection humor stories? He was my favorite inspector. Old Chief Lynn |
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in news:e16m9n$vnv$1
@emma.aioe.org: Wasn't Zinns, or something like that, the nice guy that liked to go to a nice place for lunch and tell inspection humor stories? He was my favorite inspector. You boys needed to meet Mr Sheehan, the FCC inspector from Savannah. His boss had to go retrieve him from a small town lockup when he barged into the radio room of a small town sheriff's office demanding to see the transmitter without identifying himself, properly. Over here, we all miss Mr Sheehan....(c; |
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Larry wrote: "Lynn Coffelt" wrote in news:e16m9n$vnv$1 @emma.aioe.org: Wasn't Zinns, or something like that, the nice guy that liked to go to a nice place for lunch and tell inspection humor stories? He was my favorite inspector. You boys needed to meet Mr Sheehan, the FCC inspector from Savannah. His boss had to go retrieve him from a small town lockup when he barged into the radio room of a small town sheriff's office demanding to see the transmitter without identifying himself, properly. Over here, we all miss Mr Sheehan....(c; There is a good FCC Story about Pete Baliogenn, getting thrown out of a small Cop-Shop over in Idaho, somewhere, because the Sheriff, didn't have his annual "Cert" work done. Pete went and got the local US Marshall, and locked the Sheriff in his own Jail, shutoff and sealed ALL the Radio Power Switches and told the Senior Deputy that if ANYONE but a Licensed Radio Tech broke the seals while doing the "Certifacation Work" they would join the Sheriff in the back cell. Pete really had a mean temper, if you crossed him, and he KNEW his Powers, and how to wield it, when he felt justified. I learned a lot about intimidation from watching him work. This was back in the Day, when the FCC wasn't just a "Paper Tiger" outfit. I have used the US Marshall's Service and the USCG to provide Enforcement Mussle, a couple of times when it was required. Once on an Alaska State Ferry that Failed a SOLAS Inspection and was due to sail in a couple of hours. It is amazing the cooperation you get when a USCG Lt. is standing on the Bridge with a couple of Armed USCG Crewdogs...... Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote: RF indicators: Yes, we've put on a few Radio Shack SWR bridges as well as some Vanco's, which came in a handy vertical case configuration. I've got a Vanco in my 10 meter coax now.... it was put there to tune my attic dipole. (before I got my snazzy MFJ-259) I've never done this newly authorized contract SOLAS inspection by myself. When I was still in the business, the FCC's field engineer did the inspecting, and I was hired to tag along and keep discrepancies from becoming open warfare. Of course if I was the regular servicing tech, there weren't and discrepancies. Yoou Betcha! Wasn't Zinns, or something like that, the nice guy that liked to go to a nice place for lunch and tell inspection humor stories? He was my favorite inspector. Old Chief Lynn Bob Zinns was one of the best FCC Engineers that worked out of the Seattle Field Office. I think that Pete Baliogenn, was before your time, but he was the "*******" that always found something to RDI (Repaired during Inspection) during any inspection. He carried a Black Book, that we all called, the "Baliogenn Bible", that had all the non-Rule Rules in it, and he could ALWAYS find something to bitch about. I figured out, early on, that if Pete was coming to do an Inspection, that I needed to leave at least one "Glaring" ommission for him to find, that was easy to fix on the spot, and after he found it, and I fixed it, he would be alot more reasonable about the rest of the stuff. Years later, when I joined the FCC, as a Resident Field Agent, I did my initial training with the Seattle Field Office, and had Gary Solsby as my Training Officer. I still drop in on those guys, and gals when I get down that way. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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