[Lowfer] WG2XCT CW Beacon on 475.1 KHz

[pbunn]

Lloyd,

Thanks again for the reports. Hoping the static will start to fade away soon.

Pat
WG2XCT

-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of lloyd chastant
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 11:31 PM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp, UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XCT CW Beacon on 475.1 KHz

Pat getting nice copy but the static crashes really make it rough Lloyd W3NF


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at matrixei.com> wrote:

> I will be running WG2XCT on 475.1 KHz all night at 8 wpm.
>
> I installed 9 more radials on the antenna today. Hopefully, that will 
> improve  the ground plane. I used about 950 feet of # 14 stranded 
> THHN. A hot day in SC made it fun.
>
> Transmitter will be running at 900 Watts.
>
> All reports will be appreciated.
>
> Pat
> N4LTA
> WG2XCT
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 25, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at matrixei.com> wrote:
>
> > Lloyd
> >
> > Thanks for the report.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > 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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