[Lowfer] XFX

[Eric Smith]

Hi, Lewis,

Yes, I'm on the vertical, but I'm sure WEB's is much more efficient at 185 
kHz than mine was, so it's probably *way* more efficient than mine now 
that I'm running it at 137 kHz.

I did increase the power, as promised, but I found I was *not* running 2W 
input as previously reported, but much lower.

After the power increase, I am now running 1.56 watts input, 0.29 amps 
antenna current.

My power supply is dropping a lot of voltage during key down...54 VDC key 
up, 39.2 VDC key down.  I think I can get quite a bit more out of this amp 
if I can scrounge up a supply with more umpf.

Anyway, bottom line is, I did increase the power (and hope to some more) 
and slowed down to QRSS30.

I'll of course let you know when I get my power supply replaced .. may not 
be tonight.

Thanks for listening, and good luck!
Eric


On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Lewis Denton wrote:

> Erick,
> Something is wrong, I have monitored your freq. for 48 hrs. and no positive
> ID yet. you know their is a loran at 137.78124, north east I believe. I see
> two sig. just faint. I know one is the Loran and the other just below could
> be you. but not enough to ID.
> I have tried 60 sec and 30 sec. but still no ID.
> WEB is 450 miles from me and I get him day or night. you are closer and
> should be doing better. are you on the vertical with that 2 watts ?
> I have my 10 ft. shielded loop pointed right at you. can you squeeze a
> little more out of it. I will try one more night, however what I see, comes
> in better during the day while the noise is down.
> Lewis
> IP
> God Bless America
> 
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