[Lowfer] Warm hogs

[Howell, Laurence J]

I think 49 amps loop current was the highest Mitch - that's with the Decca running at around 58V, probably close to 1.1Kw out (ish) and using the W1TAG loop current measuring meter design. 

I remember the discussion at the times was whether we were warming up the worms, and SO we walked around the array with thermal/IR detectors to see if in fact we were - given the huge mass and sinking, and the depth of penetration we didn't see anything of course - the only by product was the lack of squirrels in the two trees supporting the loop and the somewhat odd behavior of the Groundhog that lived directly beneath it - the loop was pretty close to the house but the field generated were pretty benign and no TVI/HIFiI etc http://kl1x.com/feed.jpg

Battening the hatches - 

\Laurence KL 1 X / 5




-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mitch Powell
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:19 PM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] watering hole

My rapidly fading memory seems to recall that he could run over 30  
amps ( 37 amps ? ) into his loop.
Maybe he was trying to create his own "northern lights" overhead !

Mitch
On 26-Jan-10, at 12:16 PM, Charlie , W5COV wrote:

> Andy , Laurence used to be in the same city he is in now , and ran  
> pretty high power on 137 kHz .
>