[Lowfer] " XR " HiFER capture ( also EH and SIW )

[JD]

>>> Glad to see the hifer watering hole so busy. Wish that were the case for 
>>> the lowfer watering hole. Maybe next cold season.

Amen.  Perhaps it will be busier, including my own signal going full-time.

My feeble attempt at LowFERing this winter was so infrequent that nobody saw 
it on their own, and I felt no need to publicize it.  The rarity of 
operation was largely due to still having to use my "stealth loading coil" 
to keep it from being noticed and getting stolen.  Knowing that your tuning 
arrangement has roughly the same radiation efficiency as a Heath Cantenna 
definitely reduces a person's motivation to go out and set up the rig on 
winter nights!

As was, the thieves broke into the barn again the week before last, but 
didn't get anything this time because I leave nothing of value there at 
present.

But by summer, there will finally be walls and a ceiling, meaning there will 
be safe places for a security system.  I'll then be able to leave stuff on 
site to work with.  And that means I'll probably have a new antenna by fall, 
sitting atop a small, shielded, well secured shed at the center of the 
ground field.  If they use enough force to break into that, odds are they'll 
have the whole antenna down on top of them.

John