[Lowfer] JIM, Are you Still There ??? Antenna Questions

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Jim

Welcome aboard.

You'll generally find plenty of support and encouragement here for your Part 15 endeavors. Part 15 
is a great way to learn about LF since most equipment is homemade and it takes real attention to 
detail to have a successful beacon. Lessons learned are directly transferable to Part 5 if you 
decide to go that direction.

There are a number of folks that enjoy the hunt for Part 15 beacons and appreciate that the owners 
keep them on the air. The extremely low ERP makes receiving beacons at great distances a real 
challenge and folks have spent years 'perfecting' their receive setups to do so.

It sounds like you're well underway on a transmitter.

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2

p.s.  anxiously awaiting a chance to look for and receive your beacon.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim" <w4jbm at bellsouth.net>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] JIM, Are you Still There ??? Antenna Questions


>I am still here. And actually I'd say it's okay with me if you have strong
> held beliefs. I'd rather not see feeling hurt or comments taken personally,
> but the strong feelings some have expressed are what will keep LF
> experimentation alive.
>
> And there are a lot of people I admire and know I can learn from here. Andy,
> XR was the first Part 15 beacon I copied (and the QSL card is proudly
> displayed). I've got copies of Bill's papers on loop antennas printed and in
> my binder of "precious" LF material that gets studied regularly these days.
> (Right along with the original LEK transmitter design and a copy of the LF
> portion of the RSGB handbook.) And on the workbench is a transmitter that's
> pretty close to Bill's refinements of the LEK transmitter. (Although I have
> to admit it does have a low-pass filter because I'll probably get a vertical
> strung up first.)
>
> And I've thought seriously about going after a Part 5 license before and
> Warren has convinced me that it's not too onerous to go ahead and apply and
> has given me some good food for though on the application process. I like a
> challenge--I like to build things and I usually operate QRP on HF. But having
> the extra leaway a Part 5 license would give me would be nice.
>
> So while voices may be raised a bit, I'd say that overall many of the members
> of this list have poured sweat, heart, and soul into their LF work and blazed
> trails (although maybe not all the same trail) for others to follow. Bottom
> line is they've "earned" the right to voice their opinions and there's a lot
> that can be learned by anyone wise enough to listen. And I'm a dang good
> listener. :-)
>
> And as my granddad would have told us to keep in mind, "Just because you don't
> agree with a man, that don't mean you can't learn something from him..."
>
> 73 de
> Jim W4JBM
>
> http://www.geocities.com/w4jbm
>
> "With a soldering iron in one hand, a schematic in the
> other, and a puzzled look on his face..."
>
> Working the world from the New Dog Iron Ranch!
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