[Lowfer] WG2XLP. 137.775 kHz
Michael Sapp
wa3tts at verizon.net
Thu Jan 9 21:26:54 EST 2014
You are welcome Pat. I'll have a capture with a few furnace cycle humps in
it in awhile. Jay seems to be hearing you a bit better at distance for
evening skywave....
Mike wa3tts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Bunn" <pbunn at matrixei.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XLP. 137.775 kHz
> Thanks for the report Mike. I am running a Class D transmitter at about
> 200 watts. Antenna is a 55 foot top loaded vertical with a 3.3 mH loading
> coil and a approx. 400 uH variometer with a matching transformer per W1VDs
> website.
>
> Pat
> N4LTA
> WG2XCT
> WG2XLP
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 9, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Michael Sapp <wa3tts at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Pat: Peaking -49 in ARGO QRSS60 slow at 137.775 in EN90xn. Background
>> noise peaking around -62, floor around -80.
>>
>> Mike wa3tts
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Bunn" <pbunn at matrixei.com>
>> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"
>> <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 7:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XLP. 137.775 kHz
>>
>>
>>> I just increased the power to 200 watts and moved the frequency to
>>> 137.775 to move more into the window.
>>>
>>> Pat
>>> XLP
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Michael Sapp <wa3tts at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pat & Mitch: Also listening here. I have one rx setup on wspr-15 for
>>>> DK7FC and the other on 137.770 QRSS60. I'm listening on the NE
>>>> transformer, but the F/B is not that great at 137 so I should here
>>>> something....
>>>>
>>>> Mike wa3tts
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Powell"
>>>> <mitch.powell at sympatico.ca>
>>>> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer
>>>> bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 6:30 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XLP. 137.770 KHz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What mode are you transmitting Pat ? Listening now.
>>>>> Mitch
>>>>> On 2014-01-09, at 5:34 PM, Pat Bunn wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dex.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am testing at 137770 Hz at about 90 watts. Blew a set of fets
>>>>>> earlier at 250 watts. Current was low so I expect it was over
>>>>>> voltage. My antenna is resonant but the matching transformer can do
>>>>>> no better than 1.3: 1. I am out of the 34N20 fets so I installed a
>>>>>> set of 30N40 that are a little harder to drive but good for twice the
>>>>>> voltage. So far so good
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any reports would be appreciated. My first transmissions with WG2XLP
>>>>>
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