[Lowfer] Drifter at the top of the hole...

Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:06:45 -0600

Oops. Gotta like those 12 volts huh? That is sounding like a regular thing
on the reflector lately. Must be the cold fingies... I see the signal has
settled down a bit now.

Mike>WE0H

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Bryce R Ofstie
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Drifter at the top of the hole...

You shouldn't have to guess now ...  My beacon is shivering.

Decided that since it was so cold I would camp out here one more night.
Made some changes here over the weekend,.  Yes, I was out at the base of the
antenna a lot yesterday when it was cold.  I made a new PA and mounted it at
the antenna and brought the ALL-IN-ONE into the house so I could change
frequency, play around with some different modes, and be able to key it
manually if needed.  Plus I added a screwdriver motor and some gears to
allow for remotely tuning the antenna.  Interesting that I should do this
when it is was below zero so that I wouldn't have to go out to change things
when it gets cold out.

As to the drifting, I'm using the same XTAL controlled Programmer/Keyer as
before to be able to offset the frequency.  Maybe it's because I moved it
closer to the charger for the battery plant?  Oh well, looks interesting.

I should also add that I was originally going to use a 9832 DDS VFO I had
built to set the frequency .  But I also put 12v to the breadboard
forgetting that I had removed the 5 volt regulator.

Bryce

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