[Lowfer] Lowfer history

[rfoxwor1 at tampabay.rr.com]

---- k2ors at verizon.net wrote: 
>  
> Thanks Dex for posting this!
> "As interpreted by some individuals, the fifty foot antenna limit would include the overall height from top hat to the
> ground connect ion, but permits insertion of a loading coil within the antenna circuit .
> FCC engineers feel that the fifty foot restriction should include the actual length of
> wire in the loading coil and the top hat ."
> 
> 
>     Boy if that's true almost all Lowfer activity is not Part-15 compliant!
>  
>  73 Warren K2ORS


There must be a lot more than 50 feet of wire in such a loading coil. It
seems to me that, observing such a restriction would make the station
unworkable.

-bob