[Lowfer] 160 Windom back up; running WSPR now

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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
> http://webpages.charter.net/ku4xr/
>
>
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