The Tron gets Slimed - and other funny stuff

[K1JJ]

Steve/HUZman caught this shot of Tron's reaction after shaking hands with me.  I had just greased my hand with a big glob of Purell hand sanitizer and slimed Tron good. The Tron coiled back at first, but realized what it was - since we caught him last year with the same gag.

HUZ and I caught a few more guys earlier on - sometimes two at once....

There were lots of good laughs this weekend.


Watch next for a Nearfest picture and story about the Greatest Antenna Ever Invented.

T


 

[w3jn]

Hey, Waterboy, how's it hangin'?   

[KF1Z]

At least it wasn't a by-product of the Slime-O-Tron   

It was a Slime-A-Tron   

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

Yes, the famous antenna in a box. Apparently these two fellas have created some "revolutionary, break-though technology" that allows them to make an antenna that works across all HF bands and rivals full size antennas. The box is not part of the antenna however, that was just to keep it from prying eyes until their patent is received. This is probably a great chance to get in on the ground floor of a once in a lifetime investment opportunity. Don't worry, if you buy in, you won't need to wear the uniform.

[K1JJ]

Yep, that last picture is of the guy trying to turn the seized-up rotary bandswitch with a pair of alligator plier grips. The plastic knob started breaking apart and put deep scratches into the panel.... 

Maybe Huz has a pic of the feedline.  It's connected to the mystery antenna (hidden in the box) via a pair of gold-plated banana plugs. The openwire is lying on the ground spaced about 15" apart using wood spacers.

Frank/GFZ worked over the engineer for a while while Huz asked the guy with the foreign legion uniform about his putting some serious money into the company.   

I was in the suppressed-laughter-gagging mode.


Maybe this will become the next popular apartment-dweller antenna system, like the Isotron, who knows?


T

[N3DRB The Derb]

heap big resistor in box?

[Opcom]

I would like to know what is in the box. A big loop and a high voltage capacitor? the wire of a thousand zigzags?

vise grips are the mother of invention..

[WA1GFZ]

It really picked up local line noise very well.
The best part was when he locked the key at full power for a solid 60 seconds trying to tune it. I finally looked at him and said your rig is begging for mercy man.
We tried to mole our way in the seams to have a look see but there was a thick layer of bondo covering the seam.
Then the second pass when he tried to tune it as I danced with it modulating the VSWR.
I noticed he moved Saturday to a higher location to use the barn as a reflector.
the open wire line was priceless.

[WA1HZK]

Steve built it for them
It's full of clip leads....

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

The feedline used wooden spacers. I'm sure that's why it worked so well, even though the feedline was on the ground. But the real key to its operation was the gold plated banana jacks used to connect the feedline to the box.

[WA1GFZ]

I thought they were gold phono plugs.
He may need banana plugs for the QRO kit that he sends Tom Vu for the 20 element phased array

[k3zrf]

Love those heavy duty casters on the box.....spare no expense.

I would have liked to hear Frank do his magic.

[W9GT]

The feedline used wooden spacers. I'm sure that's why it worked so well, even though the feedline was on the ground. But the real key to its operation was the gold plated banana jacks used to connect the feedline to the box.

Maybe the feedline is the antenna!

73,  Jack, W9GT

[K1ZJH]

it's a Fractal version of the Isopole.   Err, I mean Isotron..

Honest.   

[WA1GFZ]

Hey let's start a contest to see who can guess what was in the box?