[Lowfer] Warming up the ears...

[Paul Daulton]

WMS is down on power, about 20 db here in the shack. I suspect one of 
the finals is out. I will try to get it changed out this week. My 
brother in law, his wife, son, daughter, soninlaw and grandson had to 
leave their homes on the Hollis family farm 7 miles east of DesArc , Ar 
yesterday due to concerns that the levee on the White River might fail. 
Nephew is staying with us the rest of the family is with other 
relatives. I live 7 miles NW of Jacksonville Ar at an unincorporated 
community called Warsaw at the junction of AR107 and AR89. Both routes 
into town are underwater in places today. Yard is saturated which 
affects my beacon. May have to wait a few days before retuning. Tower 
held up in 65 to 75 mph winds this week, trees down in most of my 
neighbors yards, I only have two pines in my front yard but they held 
up.Lots of damage at LRAFB housing and a three of the C-130s damaged. 
LRAFB  is 4 miles south. Vilonia 10 miles to the north was wiped out. 
Last night heavy rain from 10:30 to 4:00 am. Water standing on my patio 
within 6 inches of the house. Worst I have seen in the 25 years I have 
lived here!

Final transistor failure is common with my beacon in t'storms. 
Lightning friday night hit pole transformer about 1/4 mile away. I 
loose about half dozen sets a week. 2n2222 and 2n2907 are cheap so its 
no problem. 

Thanks for asking JD

Paul k5wms

Quoting JD <listread at lwca.org>:
> Thanks, Garry.  It was a fair night here, static wise, but I think
> propatation may not have been so good.  At 137 kHz, I didn't have anybody on
> screen for about an hour after I got to the site.  MP finally faded in
> around 11 PM and got reasonably clear on screen by midnight before
> diminishing a bit.  It was gone entirely from 1 to 2 AM, then returned for
> about another hour.  I checked 1750 m for a while, but nothing came in there
> at all. 
>
> I actually tried to post a report about 4:30 AM, but it never came through
> the reflector.  I tried repeating the post just before noon, but with the
> same result!  If this text-only post goes through OK, I'll try the 20 kB
> image file again. 
>
> This afternoon was good.  MP was there during the noon hour, and as soon as
> I had a screenful, I went to 185.3 and captured SIW handily. 
>
> Which reminds me:  Does anyone know how Paul (WMS) fared in the storms?
>
> John
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Paul Daulton K5WMS
beacon WMS 185.302 khz qrss30/slow 24/7
Jacksonville,Ar 72076
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