[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[Andy - KU4XR]

--- On Sun, 11/1/09, LEE BAHR <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> PS:  My MEDFER station is going nowhere now thinking
> about LOWFER

Uh-oh; The bug bit another one, the fever is already startin
to rise.

Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29893 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr


--- On Sun, 11/1/09, LEE BAHR <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: LEE BAHR <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 2:43 PM
> I read over the articles sent to me
> by Steve Ratzlaff  on the Mini Whip.  It 
> sure looks inexpensive enough and looks like a fast build.
> 
> I have a couple questions you gentlemen could answer:
> 
> 1.  Are you using the short PC board antenna, the
> longer 100 mm PC antenna, 
> or a longer real whip antenna with them?
> 
> 2.  I know PVC pipe picks up moisture over time and UV
> light makes PVC 
> brittle over time.  Do you spray paint the assembly to
> get rid of these 
> problems?  Seems to me it would be a good idea unless
> you like looking at 
> the guts through a baby bottle.  Maybe you just don't
> worry about it and 
> stuff it in another bottle when the old one goes bad.
> 
> 3.  Looking at the simple PC board I suspect you use
> "Manhattan ugly 
> construction" for lands other then  +, ground,
> antenna, and output.
> 
> 4.  I would think a cheap way to run coax between the
> two boxes would be to 
> use TV type RG-11U 75 ohm coax and make use of F
> connectors.  Have any of 
> you made use of done this?  Would seem to me you could
> then use BNC or UHF 
> connectors to your radio.
> 
> Also, I just got a message back from Crystalonics regarding
> the CP-666 FET 
> transistors.  They will sell them individually and
> told me I can call them 
> and order such tomorrow.  They are $17.50 each plus
> $5.00 shipping.
> 
> I'll try my new FT-950 today and test for internal
> birdies.  The FT-890 has 
> a lot of them.  Maybe I need to start thinking of a
> long wave converter to 
> around 4 Mhz.  As I recall, I saw a construction
> article in QST magazine a 
> few months ago on how to build one.
> 
> Lee, w0vt
> 
> PS:  My MEDFER station is going nowhere now thinking
> about LOWFER
>