[Lowfer] Wm Beacon Status

[N8OOU]

Andy, Dex Doug, Mike; I want to say thanks to all of you for your 
efforts and offers toward looking for the Wm signal. Let me share my 
progress so far. I have gotten a fairly good understanding of the theory 
of operation. I think I can quickly repair any damage that might occur. 
  I have been working on a temporary antenna installation.

Late yesterday afternoon I finally measured some RF Current flow in the 
small loop that I put together over the past couple days.  I debated 
about announcing this last night on the list, but decided not to, and 
just let it run overnight.  A short walk with my Grunding YB400 this 
morning, confirmed a signal out past my property line. It also confirmed 
that I was hearing the master Oscillator as well.  I know from reading 
the Ashlock loop documents that the loop should filter that out.

The equipment is working and proven by past history to produce usable 
signals.  My contribution of putting up a workable antenna is not.  I am 
still very much in the learning mode here and am deciding my next steps. 
  Unfortunately Mother nature closed my antenna farm this afternoon with 
light snow. We have a predicted 1-3 inch snowfall this evening. Nothing 
of my setup is waterproofed so I dismantled and stored things away.

I am sure most of the signal is being absorbed into my metal garage 
building which is 20 Ft away, but after seeing Andy's capture I had to 
ask if he saw anything. I know I am not ready for prime time yet, but I 
am working on it.

Thanks guys.    de  N8OOU  Mike 73