[Lowfer] XFX

[Lewis Denton]

Good Day Eric,
Monitored your freq. last night, and not a thing.
Sorry, maybe next time.
You got a point, on the Freq. verses WEB. I guess that antenna wouldn't be
as efficient.
Looks like it will take a little more power.Can your amp stand that power
supply? after you beef it up.
Lewis.
God Bless America
----- Original Message -----

> 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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