[Lowfer] 160 Windom back up; running WSPR now

[Dick Goodman]

Andy .... I'm looking
73
Dick, WA3USG


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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 6:20 PM
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Subject: [Lowfer] 160 Windom back up; running WSPR now


Cold or not, I couldn't stand it any longer. Having an antenna
down will drive me absolutely nuts !! In an hour and a half,
I had cut limbs out of the way from a ladder against the tree.
Reconnected the wires to the feedpoint, and taped them to
relieve the stress on the wires. Of course lowered the lowFER
top-hat first, then the HF mast, did the repairs, pulled every-
thing back up and tied off the ropes. Now my long run on the
160 Windom is not running thru tree branches. The SWR is down
to a 1.4:1 , and all seems to be working OK. I'm going to run
WSPR on 160 until I leave for work in the morning around 8am.
Set your dial frequency to 1.836.60 MHz - USB. If you get me,
I'll be just above the WSPR 90 dial reading.

Running 5 Watts into the Windom at 32 feet AGL, 33% transmit

73 everyone:::

Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29875 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35º 43' 54" - W:  84º 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr
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