[Lowfer] SIW in CT

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Garry

Not bad for 787 miles ... this early in the season. Keep us posted on the improvements.

As with last year, I'll be trying to capture all active lowfers. The west coast is a bit of stretch 
but if those stations are willing to try QRSS60 or 120 and we can get a read on their exact 
frequency who knows? At 1525 miles WEB puts one heck of a signal into CT. A beacon of WEB's 
'stature' on the west coast might make it coast to coast.

Jay


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garry Hess" <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] SIW in CT


> Jay, thanks very much for letting us know SIW is getting out of the back
>  yard. I'm going over to the site later today to replace the variometer
> with one wound completely with 20/40 Litz wire. That should raise the
> ERP a microvolt or two, hi. Still have about 10 ohms of AC resistance
> with the 2.15 mH inductance needed for resonance but can't find
> reasonably priced 175/40 wire to improve on that. Added ground rods to
> each of the 8 radials a couple of weeks ago but that hardly impacted the
> antenna current. I'll check the antenna resistance today to see which
> aspect offers the most potential for improvement.
>
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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