[Lowfer] WG2XCT testing transmitter CW at 475.3 KHz

[pbunn]

I am still running the transmitter on 475.2. I will run it all day and tonite also.  Power is increased to about 800 watts and all is well. It ran all night at over 500 watts and the HS is barely warm.

Pat
WG2XCT

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From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pat Bunn
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 9:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XCT testing transmitter CW at 475.3 KHz

Lloyd

Thanks for the report. 

Pat

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On Aug 25, 2013, at 9:12 PM, lloyd chastant <lloydc6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rough with all the static crashes but think this was afairly good one 
> Lloyd W3NF
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at matrixei.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have moved to 475.2 KHz to move away from /7 at 475.33 KHz
>> 
>> Pat
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Aug 25, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at matrixei.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I will be testing my transmitter tonight using 8 wpm CW for several
>> hours tonight. Presently running about 250 watts output. Efficiency 
>> is very good at about 95% so it is working well so far. Gate and 
>> Drain waveforms look good, much better than before. Tested it at 600 
>> watts into a dummy load but will leave it throttled back tonight.
>>> 
>>> Reports are appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Pat
>>> N4LTA
>>> WG2XCT
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Aug 25, 2013, at 7:15 PM, John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> One characteristic of this band is the deep and slow fading, at 
>>>> least
>> over the distances we are presently working. If you unsuccessfully 
>> look for a signal for even 30 minutes, you may be surprised to find 
>> it there later in the hour. Dex's copy went from virtually nothing to 
>> pretty good in an hour's space.
>>>> 
>>>> JA
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