[600MRG] Maiden Voyage - Somethings Not Right

[Scott Armstrong]

Andy copying you here.

0604 -15 0.1 0.475607 0 KU4XR EM75 23 675

Scott AA5AM

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 9:02 PM, Ken Roberson via 600MRG <
600mrg at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Andy - make sure your clock is ok
> Ken K5DNL
>
>
>
> On Saturday, February 17, 2018, 8:58:30 PM CST, Andy - KU4XR via 600MRG <
> 600mrg at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings all:
>
> With close to 60 transmissions since 1900 UTC today ; not a single spot
> from anyone.. Even with an attrocious antenna,
> I find this quite strange .. I started matching the antenna with my SWR
> meter, and an LF modified Field Strength meter.
> The FS meter shows a peak, when the SWR meter shows minimum .. Later, I
> put an RF Ammeter inline, and it shows
> 1.39 Amps of antenna current .. Calibration / Accuracy of the Ammeter is
> unknown.. here is a dropbox link for a
> recent transmission:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/2i3kd4j0k47igdz/RF_Current_Reading.jpg?dl=0
>
> My Transmit Converter uses a 4 MHz Crystal, so I am transmitting on
> 4.474.20 MHz - USB which should come out
> of the converter at 474.200 KHz .. There are several stations within 60 to
> 120 miles of my station, none of them are
> hearing me .. accepting the possibility that I have a HUGE Dummy Load in
> the air; I am quite befuddled at this conundrum..
> Looks like the Maiden Voyage got stuck in port...
>
> 73 all:
>
> Andy - KU4XR
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