[Lowfer] Lowfer capture

[N8OOU]

Jay,
Before I answer your question I see I must admit a mistake that I made 
in my post to Andy.  I didn't intend to mislead anybody, I just didn't 
proofread my post close enough.  I should have written 50Ft 
circumference loop not diameter loop.  I'll try to do better.

I pulled a loop up between my two towers. (See my antenna farm on my 
page at QRZ.com)  It was about 180 Ft of 16Ga stranded pvc insulated 
wire shaped into a rectangle with the bottom run about 5Ft above ground. 
I could not get any rf current to flow with any of the sizes of mica 
transmitting caps that I had on hand. (or combinations of caps)  I gave 
up on it and took it down.

I then pulled up a 50Ft long section of RG-6 and put it into about a 12 
Ft square, the bottom run about 5 Ft above ground. I am using the shield 
as the loop conductor. Again I couldn't get any current with the mica's. 
  I hit the internet for a loop calculator and used it's answers for the 
cap size as a starting point, using some 600v "orange drop" caps from 
the junk box. I then found one that allowed the Power Amp to consume 1 
watt of input power.  The home made RF Amp meter that was included with 
the equipment indicated 1/2 scale on its higher power range setting with 
that cap. I decided that I was getting in the ballpark, and it was also 
getting dark so I let it run that way last night.

I have been using the Ashlock loop docs as my guide, along with the 50 
Ft discussion.



73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 11/16/2014 03:46 PM, jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
> Mike
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> What size is the loop conductor?
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> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "N8OOU" <n8oou at meekfarm.us>
> To: "Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:28 PM
> Subject: [Lowfer] Lowfer capture
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>> Andy,  Mike Meek here, N8OOU. I looked at the capture you just posted
>> an am not sure I understand the time stamps.
>>
>> I have been conducting on air tests of the Wm beacon on 185.300x. That
>> is the Bill Ashlock machine. I am currently using a 50 Ft diameter
>> loop and trying to get it resonant at that freq. At about 7pm cst last
>> night I finally got some current flowing in the loop, and I let it run
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