[Lowfer] Must have done something right

[J. B. Weazle McCreath]

Hi Andy, Lowfers,

Way to go on your antenna upgrades.  There is a certain
satisfaction in achieving an improvement that makes the
effort worthwhile.

As to drilling holes in the coil forms for the variometer,
it does indeed make a difference.  The closer you can
come to an air-wound inductor the better.  My other
hobby is building DX xtal sets and I've had success
with my low loss coils wound basket-weave style
versus conventional coil forms.

Check out the main page of my website where you'll
see a shot of beacon EAR's variometer with lots of
one inch diameter holes drilled in the HDPE form.

73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
Solar and wind powered
Lowfer " EAR"  188.830
EN93dr

http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle