[Lowfer] WE2XGR/5 finally hits the air waves!

[Bill Ashlock]

Hi Bob,
 
Thanks for listening. I was on the air only for about an hour, and that was Monday afternoon around 5:00. I cranked up the power to just under 50w and nothing bad happened. After an hour of key-down sending the heat sink on the MOSfets and the external resonating capacitor were both cold to the touch so I guess we are ready for some more serious transmitting. 
 
Bill> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:41:46 -0400> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WE2XGR/5 finally hits the air waves!> From: riese-k3djc at juno.com> > > Hi Bill> > was up early Monday ( For Me ) and gave a listen at 0830 EDST> heard nil> > Bob K3DJC> > > > > To All (from a coffee house in the north woods),> > > > No joy from /5 on this trip north as I could not complete the > > exciter before leaving Andover on Friday. The cupboard containing > > MOSfet driver chips (used for the line driver) was found to be bare > > but the exciter is otherwise complete. Have ordered more chips and > > will be ready for the trip north next weekend. I will, however, be > > conducting experiments at ~513K tomorrow (Monday) raising the power > > level to ~ 50w by removing turns from the primary of the loop > > coupling xfmr. Believe me, this is *High Power* at least for me! :) > > with a gigantic 1A on the power supply line. Will manually beep a > > few /5s in CW now and then just in case someone is listening.> > > > Bill_______________________________________________> > >From the Lowfer mailing list> > Send messages to: Lowfer at mailman.qth.net> > To sub/unsub visit: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer> > > > > _______________________________________________> >From the Lowfer mailing list> Send messages to: Lowfer at mailman.qth.net> To sub/unsub visit: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer