[Lowfer] watering hole last night

[Bill Ashlock]

Yes, both are my beacons and are very close in design in every way. One difference as of late is the change of the loop conductor of the Ellsworth beacon to an RG-8 cable from a #10 wire. This improved the loop current, at a constant 1W input power, something like + 25% but that still didn't make it equal in received signal strength to the Andover beacon at large distances. For the moment I'm assuming the inferior perfornance is due to the very poor ground conductivity up here. There's also a mountain ridge in the path of the Ellsworth signal for receiving sites SW to West of here but I have yet to prove this makes any difference - especially for sky wave receptions.

Bill

> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:41:33 -0500
> From: kb4oer at gmail.com
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] watering hole last night
> 
> Bill do you operate both WM beacons?
> 
> D.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Bill Ashlock <ashlockw at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Stan,
> >
> > It's Ellsworth, NH, pop 85, not counting lots of MA folks that have a weekend retreats in the town. You'd be surprised how many think there is no such place. For example my 75  solar panels were first delivered to Ellsworth, Maine, a much larger town - but over 100 miles away.
> >
> > OK on your location in Plymouth MA. I spend a lot of time in Plymouth, NH, including most lunches and dinners. Not sure why my Andover beacon always does well down there because that should be close to null for a TX loop.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:31:06 -0500
> >> From: stanw1le at verizon.net
> >> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> >> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] watering hole last night
> >>
> >> May be FN42ko in Andover, MA  and FN43ku up in Maine.
> >>
> >> Stan, W1LE
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/10/2010 8:32 PM, Bill Ashlock wrote:
> >> > Hi Doug,
> >> >
> >> > I actually don't know what my my two grid square locations are. I have no books or paper work with me at the moment (WiFiing at McDonalds) and I see nothing listed on JD's beacon listing. I'll get back to you on that - unless someone out there there knows them.
> >> >
> >> > Bill
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:52:33 -0500
> >> >> From: kb4oer at gmail.com
> >> >> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] watering hole last night
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, the graphical ID is working very well indeed. What is your grid
> >> >> square, Bill? Mine is EM86ui.
> >> >>
> >> >> 73,
> >> >> Doug KB4OER
> >>
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