[Lowfer] New lowfer beacon in the works

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Andy

Please advise when PAL will be on - will be happy to look for it. Suspect best time will be ~1100Z 
judging by SIW which is in solid most mornings.

Looks like you're about 1030 miles from here ... Garry is a couple hundred closer.

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Lokken" <alokken at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp,UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:32 AM
Subject: [Lowfer] New lowfer beacon in the works


> Greetings:
>
> I've been working very slowly for the last several months to get a lowfer
> beacon going at my home in Saint Paul, Minnesota (EN34kw). I'm nearly ready.
> Beacon PAL runs at about 189.700 kHz in QRSS 30 into an inverted L. A top
> hat isn't likely to happen at this location, it's already crowded with power
> lines, service wires and 7 other antennae. The beacon currently lashed up
> for testing and will become more permanently installed as I try to coax more
> energy into the antenna. I may also move it closer to the "watering hole" as
> it's performance improves.
>
> I was most recently held up by a shortage of transistors, but 200 arrived in
> the mail yesterday, so I'm ready to go for a while. I also built the clamp
> on RF meter on K0LR's site, and should be able to measure changes in
> performance.
>
> A million thanks to Charlie, W5COV who kindly gave me the beacon and lots of
> advice on getting it on the air and to Mike, WE0H who advised on the
> antenna.
>
> If anyone is interested in listening for it in the near future, let me know
> in advance and I'll ensure it's set up and running. Soon I hope to have it
> on a timer to run at night automatically- but off in the early evening when
> I operate HF.
>
> In the near future I hope to have a website detailing what we have here,
> including some of my other radio interests (VHF+, portable, military, etc.)
> but that's turning out to be a whole 'nother learning curve.
>
> Comments on or off list are welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andy K0AJL
>
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