[Lowfer] Copy WE6XGR fine on a VHF a Rubber Duck

Douglas D. Williams kb4oer at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 06:06:43 EST 2012


55F ?

You keep it cool in your shack Mike. :-)

-Doug

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Michael Sapp <wa3tts at verizon.net> wrote:

> Bob: Your 499.5 kHz signal is "in and out" on my 2 meter Rubber Duck
> antenna, but your doing fine on the 6M Rubber Duck......
>
> http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag19/wa3tts/braide_zps81bd471b.jpg
>
>
> Oh, I did turn the FT-817 IPO preamp back on.....
>
> http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag19/wa3tts/HVLFRD_zps76ae0bc0.jpg
>
>
>
> That contraption the Rubber Duck is screwed to is a homebrew 50 to 450 ohm
> coaxial isolation transformer.
>
> Heath used an SO-239 for the Hi-Z Antenna input to the converter.....it
> was a practical way to keep the leads
>
> short and shielded......I'll let it run like that on WSPR for awhile,
> perhaps more useful than a string on +12 SNRs from EN90xn
>
> I had a good laugh......
>
>
> 73  Mike wa3tts
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