[Lowfer] WD2XSH/7 is back on the air...

[lloyd chastant]

Seems to be good copy hr
FM19
lloyd W3NF



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This is Experimental Radio Station WD2XSH/7 transmitting from Natchitoches
Louisiana USA.

WD2XSH/7 is located at Grid Square  EM31JS  or North Latitude  31 46.629
and West Longitude  93  11.029  WGS84 format.

This station is a part of an experimental project run by the American Radio
Relay League.  Information about this project is available at
http://500kc.com.

Reception reports are requested and may be sent via the internet at
http://w5jgv.com/enterlogs.htm, or by email to w5jgv at w5jgv.com, or by
postal mail to: Ralph Hartwell 641 Sisson Road, Natchitoches LA 71457-6743

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Ralph W5JGV <w5jgv at spectrotek.com> wrote:

> ...after repairing the mechanical coupling in the antenna auto tuner.
>
> Of course, I reassembled it with the rotary coil in the variometer 180
> degrees out of phase, so as soon as the controller saw a tuning error,
> it cranked the variometer backwards, making the error worse. Figures.
>
> After another trip out to the antenna tuner and some swapping of the
> control wires, everything works as it is supposed to.
>
> I am running the 4-400A amplifier [ I need the heat in the shack :) ]
> and the transmission is still the same -  WD2XSH/7 is beaconing on a
> frequency of 476.300 KHz, 20 watts radiated, with an alternating mix of
> CW and PSK31.
>
> Scheduled operating hours are 24/7.
>
> 73,
>
> Ralph  W5JGV - WD2XSH/7
>
>
>
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