[Lowfer] New Transmitter / Frequency

[Charlie , W5COV]

I have a new transmitter on the air for testing at the present time .

It is crystal controlled on a frequency of 186.000.0 kHz.

The entire transmitter and ID chip are all mounted in an Altoids tin , powered by the station 13.8 VDC power supply .

This transmitter was designed and built by Charles W.

The design is interesting , in that it uses a divide by 5 , then a divide by 2 circuit to give a 50/50 duty cycle square wave . It uses small signal FET's throughout .

A picture and a diagram of it are shown on the Yahoo part15 group home page .

It was just placed on the air in place of my old beacon transmitter and I have made no attempt yet to optimize its performance on my antenna .

It has a bit less antenna current at present than the old beacon , but it went directly from the bench to the antenna .

Reception reports and comments are welcome .

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO A GREAT GROUP !!

Charles
Part 15 Lowfer Beacon :
COV , 186.000.0 kHz. , QRSS60 , 24/7 ,
EM26ex , OK. ,
Cell: 620-870-0991