[Lowfer] OH - MY - GOSH !!!

[LEE BAHR]

Very nice, Andy.  I bet it works very well for you.

Lee, w0vt-






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"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr

*** The 5 most important words ever spoken ***

http://ku4xr.webs.com/5mostimportantwords.htm
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