[Lowfer] WG2XCT beacon. QRSS30 on 470.20 KHz

Douglas D. Williams kb4oer at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 10:21:13 EST 2013


Yes, sadly he passed away a few months ago. Had him for twenty years. I
have another one, almost as old, but he only got about half that size for
some reason.

73, Doug KB4OER

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:12 AM, pat bunn <pbunn at patbunn.com> wrote:

> Doug,
>
> That really you and your Iguana?
>
> Pat
> N4LTA
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2/20/2013 6:01 PM, Douglas D. Williams wrote:
>
>> And here is you full "Dogboned" callsign (see attachment), now that
>> everything has gotten all toasty warm, like my pet Iguana (see link).
>>
>> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/**33457409/doug%20%26%20Ig.JPG<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/33457409/doug%20%26%20Ig.JPG>
>>
>> Your signal is doing very well in Tennessee.
>>
>> 73, Doug KB4OER
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Douglas D. Williams <kb4oer at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  My R75 is quite stable once it warms up. It, even used with Todd's
>>> upconverter, can hold frequency well enough for QRSS120. I have it
>>> calibrated well enough to be sure it is within 0.5 Hz once it warms up,
>>> which takes about an hour for best stability.
>>>
>>> But yes, I would like to link it to a GPS standard, just so I don't have
>>> to deal with "warmup drift", etc. Let us know when your board is done,
>>> as I
>>> plan to have a GPS standard by next October, Good Lord willing.
>>>
>>> 73, Doug KB4OER
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at patbunn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Thanks Doug
>>>>
>>>> We need to both get Jays disciplining mod done . I get tired of messing
>>>> with calibration   my R75 is about 14 Hz low . It is fairly stable when
>>>> warm though. I'd like yo get it so it is stable and on frequency all the
>>>> time. I thought I'd finish the board before I open it up. The board
>>>> gives a
>>>> 30 MHz output but not a nice clean sine wave - instead a series of three
>>>> waves of different amplitudes which may be what is expected. Filtering
>>>> would clean it right up. That may be OK but I want to work on it a
>>>> little
>>>> more.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pat
>>>> N4LTA
>>>>
>>>> "Douglas D. Williams" <kb4oer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Pat your signal is coming in "dogbones" in TN. Drift is mine, as I just
>>>>> turned the R-75 on. I really should just leave it on all the time, from
>>>>> October until March.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll post another screenshot when I get the full call.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Doug KB4OER
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at patbunn.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Running qrss30 beacon until tomorrow morning on 470.2 KHz  testing
>>>>>> transmitter FETs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pat
>>>>>> WG2XCT
>>>>>> ______________________________**______________________________**__
>>>>>> Lowfer mailing list
>>>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/lowfer<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer>
>>>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>
>>>>>> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>>>>>> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  ______________________________**______________________________**__
>>>>> Lowfer mailing list
>>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/lowfer<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer>
>>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>
>>>>> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>>>>> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!
>>>>>
>>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>>>
>>>> ______________________________**______________________________**__
>>>> Lowfer mailing list
>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/lowfer<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer>
>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>
>>>> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!
>>>>
>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________**______________________________**__
>>> Lowfer mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/lowfer<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer>
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>
>>> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>>> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!
>>>
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>>
>>
> ______________________________**______________________________**__
> Lowfer mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/lowfer<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer>
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>
> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>


More information about the Lowfer mailing list