[Lowfer] T antenna

[Jay Rusgrove]

Mitch

And what is the ground system like?

Jay

Mitch Powell wrote:

> >
> > How big is the vertical???
> Mike:
> Approximately 45 foot vertical, with three 60 foot flat-top
> sections, extending East, West and North. At the base is a
> "DEX" type loading coil (I will try and borrow a digital camera and
> take a shot ). The coil is 2.2 mH..... Q = 350. I have a variometer
> which allows tuning between 2 - 3 mH.
> I connected everything up yesterday afternoon, and varied the
> variometer ( what else ?) and found it tuned from 148 - 175 kHz.
> I left it on 175 kHz overnight - and monitored 185.3 kHz.
> Close enough to give good results on NC - much earlier than
> normal - and surprisingly noise free reception !
>
> I have several variometer coils made up, and will continue testing.
>
> Mitch
>
>
>
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