[Lowfer] " XR " is trying a little RF

[Andy - KU4XR]

Decided to connect the transmitter to the antenna and see what
happened. I had to add 100 MilliHenries of Inductance to get the
output to peak, along with adding some extra shunt capacitance on
the antenna side of the Low Pass filter. I finally have the RF
ammeter up to 115 MilliAmps. Plus it is now raining, and the 
output took the usual 20 mAMP drop, so, I think the antenna is
drawing about 135 mAMPS with 1 watt DC Input on the Final.
Using all the previous indicators, The S-meter on the radio is
showing 5dB more reading, don't know if that really means much.
The Field Strength meter is showing at least the same as before,
and possibly just a tiny bit higher. It's hard to tell in needle 
widths... hi - hi: My SPECTRAN reading shows me to be transmitting
at 185,299.31 KHz. That's a little higher than before. I may need 
to re-seat the chips in their sockets. Again, having never used 
an elevated loading coil before, I don't know if what I am seeing 
is normal or not. I don't like having to add more Inductance to 
the Variometer coil to get it to peak, but most likely normal.
I'll run a carrier for awhile, maybe overnight if the storms stay 
away. Probably not a good night to try looking, but thanks to 
anyone who does..... 73 for now:


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29875 KHz ( QRSS-60 )

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