[Lowfer] Testing " XR " HiFER TX

Mitch Powell mitch.powell at sympatico.ca
Sun Mar 16 09:50:39 EDT 2014


Andy:
What form of signal ? QRSS - DFCW  steady ?
I am hearing a strong, audible signal close to that frequency - steady dfcw on/off cycling.
Time 9:45 AM EDT
Mitch
On 2014-03-15, at 6:44 PM, Andy - KU4XR wrote:

> Greetings all: I am testing my new HiFER TX, and will be sporadically doing so over the next few days.. 
> Time undetermined.. Trying to get it as frequency stable as possible.. For the moment at hand, it has 
> setteled down around 13.555.485 MHz - Mark, and 13.555.488 - Space.. But, it is temperature sensitive, 
> and moves up, and down a few cycles as the ambient temperature changes.. The antenna is temporary, 
> and I may not be getting past the driveway.. As I feel comfortable with the TX characteristics, I will put it 
> into a well insulated box, and place it in a draft free place in the shack, where the temp will not fluctuate 
> as mush as in the open.. It is presently inside a small paper box, partially covered with a paper towel, 
> ( mainly to shield it from air flow as the HVAC cycles on / off ) ... As with all my projects; it will probably 
> be a work in progress for quite awhile.. Any reception reports will be appreciated.. 
> 
> 73 to all : Andy - KU4XR 



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