[Lowfer] MP on 185 agn

[Bill Ashlock]

Mitch,

>Bill:
>Fired up again - 185302.2 placing me just below IP / WE , and above TAG. 
>Should be in the clear, based on last night's distribution.
>Reason for transmitting - Over past week, foot of snow and then mild, wet 
>weather and antenna current dropped from 120 mA to 50 mA over
>the four days. Snow practically gone and temp above freezing all week.
>Finally  pulled the switch.
>We have had two great windy, sunny, dry days now and temp this
>evening is only about 15 degreesF - starry night. Everything dried up.
>Same amplifier, same voltage , same dc current to amplifier,
>but current at the coil is now back to 120 mA......
>So somebody should hear (see ) it.
>Unfortunately still QRSS60 at the moment.

You have the same current ratio I used to get back in my 'vertical period' 
when the temp dropped from above freezing to below 15 degrees. I finally 
concluded it was mostly due to the sap in the trees (even closer to the top 
hat on average than yours) flowing into the root system. Some of it was also 
due to the soil introducing lower loss as it becomes dryer. But let's not 
turn this into a 'soil-loss circus' like the other reflector is going 
through at the moment.

Very strange about the input current not changing. Did you happen to look at 
the waveform out of the final? That could tell a story.

Bill

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