[Lowfer] [EXTERNAL] MP 137780.5 QRT

[Mitch Powell]

Aha - and that's where I got the idea of the parallel loops- from a jpeg
you had sent out years ago when you were in OK.
Photo showed the trees in a line and several loops being added in parallel.
Great artistry, of course  hi !
Marvellous signal.  Going to -20s tonight and 5-10 cm of the fluffy stuff.
73 Mitch

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Laurence KL7 L <
hellozerohellozero at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I think youve had that loop up and running since I moved to the States - I
> know I have daytime of you with argo captures from bartlesville okie
>
> I loved Okie loop and the relatively smooth Cotton wood branches and nice
> ground conductivity  - its all knarly grabby sticky pines here but Ive a
> loop over the trees for a few years and still not set a branch on fire - yet
>
> Safe to say the okie multiple conductor LF loop was the only tx antennae i
> could run +24 at 1kW or more, jump on a plane, fly to somewhere else and
> still sleep ok :-)  though I wasnt paying the house insurance ....
>
> L.
>
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> > On Feb 12, 2015, at 19:26, Mitch Powell <ve3ot.mp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > True - month after month after month - absolutely stable.  I use a phase
> > meter, indicating resonance. Quite precise - and indicates whether I need
> > more or less inductance. Suddenly went full scale - indicating more
> > inductance was suddenly required.... so I have lost some of the loop.
> > Really two loops in parallel. The one loop is double wire of 2 strands of
> > #10 with spacers, and the other loop is RG8/U.
> > I think I will be spending some time looking for breaks in the coax or
> the
> > two strands. A lot of wear and tear on tree branches, and the -20C makes
> > things a little brittle after several years.
> >
> > Of course, the best time to do antenna work is when the temp is <0 ,
> isn't
> > it ?
> >
> > 73 Laurence
> >
> > de Mitch
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Howell, Laurence J <
> > L.Howell at conocophillips.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Man - your loop has been super stable. Hope the repair is an easish one
> /
> >>
> >> Laurence KL7L
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 16:14, Mitch Powell <ve3ot.mp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> M P seems to have developed an antenna probem...... off resonance.
> >>> Looks like we're frozen up - temp going to -20 tonight, presently at
> -18
> >> (
> >>> or 0 F ).
> >>> Can't get at the tuner thru 2 feet snow, so will shut down temporarily,
> >>> until weather improves.
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>>
> >>> Mitch
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