[Lowfer] WMS

[Dexter McIntyre W4DEX]

PAUL DAULTON wrote:
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> Dex that is definitely me. I looked up the distance on Bali. It shows
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> 663 miles here to Stanfield,NC
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Good.  Will try to get a better capture a bit later in the season.  I 
show 666 miles form center to center of our 6 digit grids.  Give me your 
coordinates and I get the exact distance.  I am a few miles east of 
Stanfield
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>  
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> I wonder if I should
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> change to a two letter ID or speed up the ID to give the listener a 
> abetter chance
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> for capture.?
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A faster ID would have helped last night I think.  AR would be a nice ID 
but since you using a programmed chip an ID change probably wouldn't be 
worth the effort.
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>  
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> Sorry about the drift.
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A know drift pattern can help ID a trace signal so I wouldn't worry 
about a 1 Hz drift.
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> Originally the tx was solar  powered so I tried to keep current
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> drain down. I switched to a recharging cable burried 180 ft out to the 
> tx from my work
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> shop so I should  provide some heat control to the osc. I have a 
> NORCAL fcc-1 and dds
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> gen which I am considering building a new transmitter around. Or 
> building a tx that is split
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> with osc, keyer and power supply inside with the signal and B+ 
> duplexed out the cable.
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> Tx is Lyle Kohlers design powered by a "hillbilly defibrilator"(jump 
> starter package). Wall wart
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> recharger is inside workshop and is fed to the tx battery by   rg59 
> cable coax. Lost power
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> this summer when a mole chewed the cable.
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>  
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Got any pictures?  Thinking about a web page or picture gallery of 
lowfers I've received.  Or of all lowfers that are interested.

Dex