[Lowfer] NC 49er QRT

[Ed Phillips]

OK on sky wave.  I would have thought someone would catch it on Sporadic E.

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX wrote:

>Looks like a job for JB Weld...- Chris Lantaff
>
>  Chris...I'm a firm believer in JB Weld with a range of repairs from 
>gas tanks to microwave horn construction.  That would be a good method 
>of repair but I'm sure I have plenty of NMO mount low band vhf mobile 
>antenna in my antenna collection.
>
>
>JD wrote:  it's now an Un-Crossed Field Antenna, a variation that 
>maintains the the same performance level as a CFA, but in the horizontal 
>plane.
>
>  Maybe even better than a CFA John.  There's probably a trace of 
>capacitively coupling going to the 49er antenna.
>
>
>Ed Phillips wrote:  What is the best report you ever got from it?
>
>  No sky wave reports Ed.  It was received audibly at 12 miles by a 
>mobile located on a small mountain which is LOS except for a few trees.
>
>
>It was on the air for a bit over 10 years!  I searched back and found 
>the original date it was announced:
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: 	NC "49er" (49,855.500 KHz) On the air
>Date: 	Wed, 06 Jun 2001 21:43:22 -0400
>From: 	Dexter McIntyre W4DEX <dmcintyre at att.net>
>To: 	lowfer at qth.net <lowfer at qth.net>
>
>
>Dex
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