LK>>When we first installed out 900 mhz radio system the tech told me I could
LK>>skewer a 'dog on the antenna on my truck, key the mike for about 2 
inutes
LK>>and have a nice hot weiner.  :-)  LOTS of warnings about not getting
LK>>awithin
LK>>24 inches of the antenna during ops.  :-)
 JS> That's basically how the soviets prevented jamming of their
 JS> fighter aircraft radar; crank up the power.  They were not
 JS> supposed to turn on their radar to operating power until
 JS> they were lined up on the active.  I remember something
 JS> about it making toast of a rabbit that was on the side of
 JS> the runway some ways up.
According to my uncle who's an ex-Phantom driver, you couldn't turn on your
radar until you were in the air.  Seems that the heat produced by the thing
needed the airstream to keep it cool.  What he said, anyway.
 JS> Nice tightly focused beam of microwaves, sounds like a long
 JS> range rifle to me...  :-)
hehehehehe!
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