[Lowfer] Rebuilt K9AY

[Jonathan Jesse]

Larry, curious as to how high the apex is now.  Last year I ran mine at 20
feet.  Wondering if there would be an appreciable difference in signal with
a higher apex and would it be worth the trouble.

Thanks,
Jon W1JHJ


At 06:06 PM 9/28/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I spent the day rebuilding my K9AY.
>The winds from the recent storm did some damage.
>The East/West loop was down on the ground and the
>top of the center pole was broken and hanging down leaving
>the apex of the North/South loop at only 18'.
>
>Replaced the broken MFJ 30' fishing pole type center support
>with PVC pipe. This was the second MFJ pole to break in a years time.
>
>Cleaned up all the connections on the loop amp/control head and it is
ready to
>go again! Did a quick check of signal levels of my reference NDB's and the
>levels look good.
>
>Differences between last years setup and this years:
>
>Last year my station was setup in my 34' RV with only 75' of coax
>between the loop control box and the receiver.
>
>This year I am setup in the house and using 200' of  Extra Flex 9096 low loss
>coax.
>I don't think there would be much loss at lowfer freqs?
>
>I hope my overnight copies show some improvement!!
>
>73
>
>Larry WB3ANQ
>FM19rc
>
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