[Lowfer] OH - MY - GOSH !!!

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mity good looking
Bob

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:09:25 -0700 (PDT) Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com>
writes:
> With the help of my wife and step-daughter. We raised the new 
> lowFER antenna into the air today. I was on the roof pulling 
> one of the guy ropes, and my step-daughter hand walked this
> monster into position. I plan to check it out on receive for a 
> few days, then I'll try putting the beacon on it. I don't have
> an antenna analyzer, and I don't think they work very well at LF
> anyway without modifications. So, using the S-meter on the radio;
> the peak receive noise on the antenna alone is at 283 KHz. 
> I connected it to the variometer, and on 185.300 KHz, it needs 
> 2.45 mH to peak the S-meter. This is a high value, BUT !!! I have 
> never tried an elevated coil before, and the Top Hat is much 
> smaller, 
> AND---considerably higher, so needing more Inductance is probably 
> normal.
> Check out the antenna at:
> 
> http://ku4xr.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=10147879
>  
> 73 all:
> 
> 
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
> LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29875 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
> 
> *** Temporarily OFF, while constructing a new antenna ***
> 
> Coordinates:  N:  35º 43' 54" - W:  84º 3' 16"
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