[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore)]

No Andy - if just relates to - if I have a problem - it can easily and often be visually seen thru the bottle as its clear - problems are normally coax connections to the board or coax abbration given the hard time I give the equipment in frequent moves.

I'm using standard PA0RDT values on mine...

Laurence

----- Original Message -----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net <lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
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Sent: Sun Nov 01 13:37:19 2009
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore) <L.Howell at conocophillips.com> wrote:

> akin to not seeing  the color of the valve/tube anode....! 

Laurence:

Please pardon this dumb question, but when in doubt; ASK :::

Are you using a vaccum tube version in place of a transistor ??


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29893 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
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--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore) <L.Howell at conocophillips.com> wrote:

> From: Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore) <L.Howell at conocophillips.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna
> To: Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 1:30 AM
> 
> Babybottle
> 
> Hit the button on the dang Blackberry....the reason is the
> very lightweight but strong construction and the bottle
> tops/stoppers  are easily modified to act as a water
> proof (sic) stopper  for the coax. Or perhaps I just
> don't have confidence in the pvc tube method, akin to not
> seeing  the color of the valve/tube anode....! The baby
> bottle also seems to defuse antennae inspections from the
> various authorities around the globe, often seen walking
> away with tears from hysterical laughter...
> 
> About 1.5hrs to construct on average.
> 
> 
> Laurence
> XE / KL1 X mobile
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore)
> To: 'Lowfer at mailman.qth.net'
> <Lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sun Nov 01 13:22:27 2009
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna
> 
> I have at least 5 baby bottle models; the reasoning for
> this is that you can see what's going on inside
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> <lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK)
> and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sun Nov 01 11:59:58 2009
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna
> 
> Lee ,
> 
> The AMRAD antenna uses that very expensive transistor and I
> have never 
> personally had any experience with it .
> 
> However I know a lot of us are using this antenna ,
> designed by PA0RDT .
> 
> It is so small and simple. The mounting enclosure is about
> anything you can 
> imagine . I believe one of us on this list has one built in
> a baby bottle !! 
> Its ok he used to be my neighbor , and he is totally well I
> think totally 
> sane . <grin> He uses it all over the world , so it
> is a good portable 
> antenna too .
> 
> Here is one of the links to it : 
> http://carc.org.uk//carc_ftp/G3GRO-PA0RDT-Active_Ant.pdf
> 
> Let me know what you think Lee.
> 
> Charlie , W5COV 
> 
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