[Lowfer] medfer 1702 in Maryland

[Mitch Powell]

> Gee Mitch, at that rate you might make it over the pond. Can you describe in
> full detail your vertical and ground plane??? It looks like that might be a
> hot antenna for 160 meters.

Pretty simple and fast actually. I just wanted to get it on the air, before
it started raining after I got home from work.
About 30 feet of vertical wire - held up by a flat-top of three wires ( out
at 120 degrees) going to the trees in the backyard. The flat-top is only
about 30 feet wide.

I have no matching, no tuned circuit - nothing.... the coax goes to the
vertical wire and a 3 ft copper pipe in the ground.
Tomorrow I will build a tank circuit, and link couple it to the coax, and
tune for maximum smoke.

I am quite surprised at the signal level.... on the scope I am getting
exactly 8 volt p.p. into a 50 ohm resistive load.... so about 160 mW.

More tests to follow - but then again,,,, if it ain't broke, maybe I won't
fix it !

73

Mitch