[Lowfer] With less frequency...

[WE0H]

To tell you the truth, the only station out east that I have seen more than
once is (Bubble Burst Time) "WA". To the SE is "NC". To the S is "XSR" with
a day and night signal and "IP" when he turns it on. I will make up some
cables tonight so I can use the E-Field probe on my regular receivers. That
should see the rest of them out east.

So I understand that the 3/4th inch pipe loop is no good. I was hoping that
it was going to be a nice usable rotatable loop for transmitting. Darn.

Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf.html

-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-admin@mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-admin@mailman.qth.net]On
Behalf Of Bill Ashlock
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:26 PM
To: lowfer
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] With less frequency...

Mike R,

>That's fine with me. The east coast guys can't see my puny signal with my
>loop pointing N/S anyhow.

> I have to put up another in the E/W direction so I can join the crowd.

Do it! Lyle sees us so we will see you! BTW, how come you don't report
seeing us?

>Is Bill's 3/4" pipe loop still on the air and how is it working out???
That would be an option for me.

This is an experimental 25ft diam octaloop made from 3/4" pipe that was
supposed to be equivalent to a full sized #12 loop. The Rac was found to be
about 2X the predicted value (meaning a 3db loss in signal from predicted)
and it looks like I have proven that the Skin effect resistance of a
conductor based on std math is not equal to the Rac of the loop,
particularly for smaller loops. The loop still hangs in the back yard and I
need to get back to this. Funny how the cold weather effects the motivation!
<G> The ground is really dry and/or frozen so there will be minimal effect
to the tests from damp ground.

Bill