Re: calculating a link budget

On Sat, 31 May 2008 08:12:16 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 13:18:33 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mine's the other way around. Maybe because it's from HD :-)

My idea of fun is driving through the local restaurant parking lot
while yacking on my VHF/UHF ham radio. 50 watts does wonders to
automobile burglar alarms. I can usually set off at least one. My
record is getting 5 alarms going at the same time. (Hint: I get bored
easily).


Someone in Europe stalled out the engine of the car next to him. But
IMHO automotive folks have often come up with, ahem, not so RF-proof
designs.


[snip]

In the '60's Ford was testing electronic ignition systems on police
cars in Detroit. The bad guys quickly figured out that keying a CB
radio near them would stall them out ;-)

Add metal case.

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