[Lowfer] Wm status

[Bill Ashlock]

Hi Mike,

You must not be following the lowfer at mailman postings too closely. This is a 50ft tall vertical made totally from wire with approx 1000 sq ft of top hat in the shape of a "Y" and a somewhat larger "Y" counterpoise underneath, about 6ft above ground. The total Rac is only 10 ohms so the antenna current calculates to .316A. I'm learning more and more each day on how to keep the dimensions of the antenna and windings on the loading coil under control because the high Q causes the antenna current to be all over the meter. I plan to re-connect my loop and run both sequentially so we can make a comparison of their radiation capabilities.

So, are you looking at 185.300?

Bill

> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:08:26 -0600
> From: we0h at yahoo.com
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Wm status
> 
> Hi Bill,
> What kind of antennas are you running now?
> 
> Mike-WE0H
> 
> 
> 
> Wild Bill wrote:
> 
> > I arrived up here after a weeks absence to find my input power to the final to be only about .25W. Turned out both of the two "Y"s were sagging quite a bit and the antenna was out of resonance. Re-tightening brought the power up to almost 1W. Not sure how long a period of time the power level had been this low.
> >
> > All signal reports are greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Bill
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