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<P><FONT face=Verdana>An advert placed in the British amateur radio magazine
<STRONG>RadCom</STRONG> has got a mention in the Times newspaper.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The Wanted column in the February 2009 issue of RadCom
carried an advert from <STRONG>Christopher Strevens G4ZHT</STRONG> who was
looking for a 1 KW HF Linear amplifier to use in thermonuclear fusion
experiments.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>This novel use for an HF amplifier was picked up by the
Times newspaper and on 27th Jan they published a story imaginatively titled
<EM>'Nuclear reaction fear in land of the Wombles'</EM>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Is a nuclear cloud about to envelop Wimbledon? The police
have been alerted to an explosive classified advert in the magazine of the Radio
Society of Great Britain, home of wireless hams. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>“Christopher” is seeking a 1kW linear amplifier. “I want
to use the output to see if I can initiate a thermonuclear fusion reaction,” he
writes. “The experiment is to put a tube of low pressure hydrogen in the
inductor of a tuned circuit and excite it with 1kW of radio energy to ionise the
hydrogen and see if it will start a fusion reaction. The experiment is quite
dangerous and it may be difficult to stop the nuclear reactions once they
start.” </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Giles Read, technical editor of <I>RadCom</I>, the
magazine concerned, says: “Physicists have assured us that this experiment
cannot possibly result in a fusion reaction. At best, the hydrogen will ionise,
producing a pink colour – pretty but harmless.” </FONT></P><!--#include file="m63-article-related-attachements.html"-->
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Christopher, from Wimbledon, has been conducting
experiments of this nature, without success, since 1967. But he only needs to be
right once.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>You can read it at</FONT><A
href="http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5593990.ece"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article5593990.ece</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The website of Christopher Strevens G4ZHT carries further
information on his experiments </FONT><A href="http://www.chrisspages.co.uk/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Verdana>http://www.chrisspages.co.uk/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: Southgate Amateur Radio Club e The
Times.</FONT></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>