[Lowfer] Weekend HiFER report from CN89

[Dale Rice]

Scott,
I have been watching all day and did not see TIL. Everything is supposed to
be reciprocal, so I am surprised that you can see NW and I can't get TIL. As
far as holes, my TX antenna is in a hole a far as receive. I can't receive
much of anything on it. My RX antenna is almost identical but 300 feet south
and a few feet higher, it picks up everything! I think it is all as they
say--location, location, location.

Dale Rice
Williams, Oregon




> Only NW was copied during some limited listening sessions with TIL off
> this weekend. NW's signal seems to peak around noon local.  I'm
> beginning to feel I live in a 22m hole as I've only ever heard NW!
>
> TIL is now permanently on a 1/4 vertical which has a 1.1:1 SWR and is 5m
> above ground.  The output power of the TX into the vertical is measured
> at about 4.6mW.
>
> Future improvements will include a DDS based TX with DFCW modes on
> ~13.555 and ~6.777 MHz.
>
> Scott