163 in the desert is on 38 lsb today

[Rwb]

Coast to coast isn't the same without Art Bell, you can find many of his broadcast on youtube

no its just not the same

 

[Riverman]

Yes accidental drug overdose.he had copd,and high blood pressure.wasnt much details.72 years old.he did coast to coast n midnite in the desert both were great shows

 

[loosecannon]

Art Bell lived just outside of town here in a place called Pahrump, NV.

he had a huge loop antenna set up out there very high up in the air.

one day he decided to measure the voltage from feedpoint to ground and saw over 400 volts there.

he thought for a bit that he had discovered free energy.
It turned out to be a phenomenon with blowing sand hitting antenna elements and creating static electricity.

the ham community here was talking about that one for a long time.
LC

 

[Riverman]

Art Bell lived just outside of town here in a place called Pahrump, NV.

he had a huge loop antenna set up out there very high up in the air.

one day he decided to measure the voltage from feedpoint to ground and saw over 400 volts there.

he thought for a bit that he had discovered free energy.
It turned out to be a phenomenon with blowing sand hitting antenna elements and creating static electricity.

the ham community here was talking about that one for a long time.
LC

Interesting guy for sure. Would like to have known him.

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

Well I missed it all. Too young or living under a rock I guess. The sheltered life.

 

[loosecannon]

Art Bell got talked about around here a lot because he was local.

You could actually talk to him on your ham radio!
There were soooo many fanboy hams around here drooling over the idea of QSLing with the great Art Bell.

The truth?
he was a bit of an ass IMHO.
very elitist, and talked on the radio as if he was hosting a show, and all the hams that wanted to talk to him were like the callers. (i never spoke with him but was listening a few times when he was on the air)
not to mention him marrying that young filipino girl with weeks of his wife's death.

great radio host? sure.
great person? ehhhhh...
LC

 

[Rwb]

I just liked his shows,he could hold an audience.i know he was a ham

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

I’ll just uh, leave this here, and uh... y’all keep an eye on it for me while I run to the bathroom.

 

[Handy Andy]

It's truer than you think...

 

[Martian]

Do they have "NIST traceable" "certificates of calibration" for all of the "measuring devices" in that RV?
You know, so they can be sure their customers are getting "the good stuff" at the "right amounts" and not the "bad stuff"?

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

I bet they do. Certified scales I’ll bet. Certified measuring cups at least. I’m not a doctor but I played one on TV when I was young, I held a lot of babies so I have a good idea what 8lbs feels like.

That’s good enough for state work.

 

[sunbulls]

Was his underground name Heisenberg?