[Lowfer] UWL -- It's in there! (in here, too)

[Eric Smith]

THANKS Lyle!  I also received a capture from Roger, K0MVJ, in Duluth, MN.  
I can't tell you how excited I am about it :)  36 years old and I feel 
like a kid heh heh.

Well, this certainly restokes the fire.  I'll be wanting to knock out the 
new coil this weekend, improve my ground, and continue to tweak.  The new 
coil has a variometer so I'll be able to tune more closely.  I can't 
believe this setup has worked so well!  My antenna is only 30' tall, my 
tophat is only 8' across, my coil is 245 turns of 24 gauge telephone wire 
around a piece of 8.8" OD PVC, and my ground is only a single piece of 
wire hooked to the outdoor faucet.  Of course, I'll be improving the coil 
and grounding.

Also, I need to design some QSL cards this weekend and send to you guys.

And thank you to Lyle, Bill, Mike, Peter, Mitch and everyone else who 
helped me get started.

I haven't had the chance to see what the distance is from Glenpool to 
Duluth or Aitkin but I'm sure it's considerable!  Perhaps I'll get some 
contacts from the east?  AL, MD, ....

Thanks, guys.  If anyone else copies, please let me know.  Looks like I'm 
at 185.300 instead of the published 185.302.

Regards,
Eric
KD5UWL


On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Lyle Koehler wrote:

> There was a break in the QRN this morning, and I captured what looks like
> UWL at a frequency very close to 185.300. That's 2 Hz below the published
> frequency, which is a good thing at this location, because it isn't covered
> up by WEOH from 70 miles away.
> 
> Capture at www.qsl.net/k0lr/UWL-0321.jpg
> 
> Congratulations, Eric!
> 
> Lyle, K0LR
> 
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