[Lowfer] WSPR on 160M last night

[Andy - KU4XR]

Hi Dick:

Congrats on the distance on 160 meters. I have never used a sloper
on any band, and due to the lack of supports that are high enough
to try one on 160 meters, I'm pretty much stuck with low to the 
ground dipoles. The best I have done to date on 160 WSPR is into
the UK, right around 4100 miles, and pretty much have to run around
25 watts to get consistent decodes. Good luck this winter... 73:


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
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--- On Sat, 10/9/10, Dick Goodman <wa3usg at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Dick Goodman <wa3usg at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Lowfer] WSPR on 160M last night
> To: "LowFER Group" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 9:31 AM
> Gang,
> 
>    Well after many, many years I took down
> and rebuilt my 160 meter sloper.
> I'd never normally buy a wire antenna but this was so
> cheap, I bought it at
> a hamfest about 20 years ago for $5 (and I bet it was over
> 10 years old
> then). It's a Sultronics Triband 180-80-40M Sloper, it has
> two loading
> coils. Last Thursday I got home from work and found the it
> lying in the
> yard. The antenna wire itself finally corroded to a point
> where it literally
> broke. I had about a 100 feet of copper weld so I rebult
> the sloper. I used
> my antenna analyzer and got the antenna working on all
> three bands great. I
> retuned the 160M segment so it's optimal on the low part of
> the band.
>    Last night I ran WSPR on 160M. I ran
> about 8 watts and I was copied in
> New Zealand and Europe http://mysite.verizon.net/wa3usg/160M.jpg
>    I also took down my AMRAD E-Field probe
> and replaced the ground wire ...
> hopefully by this evening I will also have the remote
> tuning unit and remote
> preamp installed in my big loop that's mounted on my garden
> shed ... I'm
> getting ready for this Winters LF reception.
> 
> See you guys!
> 
> 73
> Dick, WA3USG
> Mechanicsburg, PA.
> FN10LE
> 
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