Hi Jay, Lowfers, Thanks for the report. I went crazy with the weed whacker yesterday in a radius of four feet around the housing for the variometer / final of EAR. Possibly there's a few micro-watts of increased ERP as a result. 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.830 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr