[Lowfer] "AH" MEDfer on 1694.75

[lowfer@mailman.qth.net]

The W0AH/B 160M 15 mw 1802.2 experiment was successful and is now QRT.  
Reception reports are still coming in, presently 31 from 16 states, coast to 
coast. Many, many more attempted reception. The summary is on the 160M 
reflector.  Although the beacon generated a lot of interest among 160M 
operators, I realized that a 160M beacon at the low end could cause 
unintended problems.  KH6AT reported that a few years ago a KH6 ham ran a 
several watt beacon at 1809 which made DXing virtually impossible for him.  
NOW, I understand why a beacon at the low end of 160M is a bad idea even 
though the great majority of those who emailed me thought it was a "fun 
experiment" to quote just one.  Quite a few wanted me to contiue it, which I 
now realize is a bad idea.  Even though my beacon probably had no unintended 
consequences, others might.  If just one like KH6AT is negatively affected, 
it's certainly not worth it.    I realize the LOWfers/MEDfers weren't 
paricularly interested in my experiment.  15 mw erp is high power and not on 
the MEDfer/LOWfer frequencies.  I don't think I got a single report from my 
advisory postings here.  As of now, I have moved the beacon to approximately 
1694.75 KHz.   
It is running about 100 mw to a quickly thrown together 10' antenna that I 
hope to improve with a better tophat and higher Q loading coil.  For the time 
being I'm sending "AH" at about 5 WPM, the lowest my keyer will send.  I will 
switch to QRSS in October.   Possibly you will hear it since I have a very 
good location on a almost treeless hill at 9000' elevation and thousands of 
feet of radials underneith it.
Doug W0AH  DM78lx  near Pikes Peak CO