[Lowfer] Rebuilt K9AY

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:52:29 -0400

Hi Jon,

It is about 26' now.
The base wire is still 70' across and about 2' above the ground.
I would still to extend the length but that will have to wait a while.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Jesse" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Rebuilt K9AY

> 
> 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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