[Lowfer] Mods done on " XR Beacon, more power into the air now

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/27/2008 3:33:48 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time, 
ku4xr at yahoo.com writes:
Greetings all:

I did a  recommended mod to my xmtr, and the power is up to where
it almost has my  field strength indicator pegged. I have no clue 
as to how many more Milli /  Micro-Watts it may have given me, but
every ounce counts, right ??? I'm going  to need to redo my FS setup
and bring that meter reading down some, and then  continue with 
further hopefully improvements, and push this milliwatter  
just a few more feet out into the grid-squares. Thanks to anyone
who  tries to dig it out of the noise. Freq. is 184.322 KHz.

73, from Andy -  KU4XR, Friendsville, TN. - EM75xr  

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Hi Andy,
Have you looked into using an RF milliammeter with your antenna/ground  
system? 
In the past I have found using an RF milliammeter to be much more useful  than
a nearby field strength meter. Normally the meter is placed in the ground  
lead.
It will give you a direct indication of how much RF current is flowing in  
your
antenna/ground system. 
 
Any improvements in the system will show up as 
higher RF current. It is also a good way to compare your present system  with
what other operators have reported in the past.
 
73 Todd WD4NGG



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