Needs More Antennas

"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54) 02/10/2017 at 10:05 • Filed to: None

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Is that a car under there somewhere?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:16

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It’s so you know the exact moment the government is trying to steal your brain.

Urambo Tauro > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:17

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This is what you do when mice chew through the wiring: you make everything wireless. All the gauges, all the lights, everything .

Azrek > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:17

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If it rains...does it electrocute the driver?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:22

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Justin Hughes > Azrek 02/10/2017 at 10:22

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No. The rubber of the tires acts as an insulator, and the steel of the body acts as a Faraday cage, protecting the driver.

Lightning once struck about 10 feet behind a car I was riding in. That was quite an experience.

Azrek > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:27

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Yes, a properly put together car. However.....look at the rear of the car. Is that ‘object’ touching the ground?

Justin Hughes > Azrek 02/10/2017 at 10:34

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It looks like a spool of wire and a... desktop computer? I don’t know. Maybe they just happen to be sitting on the ground and aren’t part of the car. Or maybe the car drags them along for the ride. Who knows? What I do know is they must’ve needed a few miles of coax if all those antennas are actually connected to something.

benjrblant > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:45

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RF burns, anyone?

Justin Hughes > benjrblant 02/10/2017 at 10:48

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I’m more worried about transmitting from one radio and blowing out the other 50 receivers in the car.

user314 > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 10:52

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I had no idea Northrop Grumman used cars as test mules for the RC-12 program.

Justin Hughes > user314 02/10/2017 at 10:53

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You get better reception in the air, but an old car like this blends in perfectly with its surroundings. No one would ever notice it.

BorkBorkBjork > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 11:20

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Ah, the prototype of Moldova’s new ELINT platform.

vicali > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 11:35

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73

Justin Hughes > vicali 02/10/2017 at 11:52

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I copy you 5 by 9. 73 de KJ1H

vicali > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 12:02

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HI HI. VA7MLS

(Our club guys actually say that.)

TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 12:34

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I don’t believe in radio waves hurting people, but he’s not going to be healthy after a few months.

Justin Hughes > vicali 02/10/2017 at 12:36

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Yeah, I hear it around here too. It’s just the old timers at this point, who actually had to learn CW to get licensed. I’m one, too - licensed in 1989 - but I know that “hi hi” sounds stupid when you say it out loud. :)

ateamfan42 > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 13:46

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Rubber tires, especially wet rubber tires, acting as an insulator against lightening is a bit of a myth. If the lightening has enough potential to jump hundreds or thousands of feet from the clouds to the ground through air, it can certainly conduct over a few inches of wet rubber.

The car body acting as a Faraday cage is definitely true though.

Justin Hughes > ateamfan42 02/10/2017 at 13:47

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I sit corrected! And you’re right - given enough energy, a spark can jump the insulating gap.

ateamfan42 > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 13:49

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God’s ignition coil can fire one hell of a spark plug.

Stephenson Valve Gear > Justin Hughes 02/10/2017 at 17:33

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For some reason, I have a lot of respect for anyone who takes their hobby to a ridiculous extreme.

Well done, sir!