[Lowfer] Antenna work at " XR " today

[Andy - KU4XR]

Hi all:

After a delicious dinner with the family today, I did a little 
more work on the ground radial system. It's been over 12 years
since I did any soldering on heavy wire to ground rods, but I
managed to get the radials soldered to the ground rod. It's 
about the ugliest solder joint I've ever seen, but it's 
stronger than the wires themselves. I also ran a bare copper 
wire around the perimeter of the radial system, connected to 
the far end of each radial. The changes noted are small.
The needed Inductance for peak output ( Max - RF Current ),
went up very slightly. Last measured at 2.20 Milli-Henries,
Measured today at 2.22 Milli-Hemries. The ground is still
pretty wet from the last rain, and dosen't dry quite as fast
as during the summer of course. 
On to the RF Current; before todays work; the transmitter
would peak out at 180 Milli-Amps for 1 Watt input, after the
soldering, and perimeter wire, now the transmitter peaks at
185 Milli-amps of RF Current with 1 Watt input.

I hope everyone has a great day; 73 from " XR " Friendsville, TN.




Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29866 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
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