[Lowfer] XFX confirmation

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:46:22 -0500

>Do you suppose it affected the take off angle of the radiation and that was
>what was seen at a distance? My guess is yes.

That's a possibility Mike. I would have paid the cost of a plane ticket to 
be able to check out the far field at ~4 miles while he rolled it up. I'm 
suspecting there was something going on with the way he connected to the 
screen and a possibly there was a current path in the screen that didn't 
increase the Vcc current. The input power could have been a constant but the 
current in the antenna could have increased. Then again, Bill B didn't have 
and acurate way to measure that 6db. Could have been less. Geez there's 
times when I wish I had an open field and could play with a vertical.

Bill A

>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of Bill Ashlock
>Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:19 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] XFX confirmation
>
> >Wd2XDW returned at 0330Z Thursday but Ive less Aerial current (2.5A) for
> >300W PA input, as Ive pulled up the majority of the chicken wire, which
> >seems to have done me the most good at keeping my Ra<t> lower.
>
>Good to read that something works according to theory, Laurence. Did you
>know that Bill Cantrell's TEXAS beacon didn't see much of a change in
>antenna current when he seasonally rolled up the chicken wire (the 6db
>chichen wire, as I used to call it)?  Bill Bowers ~150 miles away, however,
>always saw the 6db. Go figure.
>
>Bill A
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