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Re:What 50,000 watts of RF energy sounds like through a jump... by jacquesm on Thursday February 11, 2016 @11:00AM (#11080875)
I've accidentally fried small birds at ~1KW around 100MHz. It all depends on where they sit and how the power is radiated. Near the end on a Yagi is not a good spot.
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Re:What 50,000 watts of RF energy sounds like through a jump... by sathackr on Thursday February 11, 2016 @12:59PM (#11081726)
Why are you pointing your yagi at small birds? :-)
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Re:What 50,000 watts of RF energy sounds like through a jump... by jacquesm on Thursday February 11, 2016 @06:43PM (#11084247)
I know, it's sad.

I made a point of swishing the rotor side-to-side a couple of degrees after I figured out where the dead sparrows came from. That caused them to fly off and once the transmitter was on they'd stay away from the antenna.

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