[Lowfer] SIW & WM mid day

[N8OOU]

Thanks for the report Garry.
Mike - TTS, Wowzers the signals are staying strong today.

I have about 6" of snow covering the ground plane. The temp this 
afternoon is up to 8 now, we are suppose to drop into the minuses again 
tonight. I know the ground was frozen about 1/2 inch before we got the 
snow. I don't know if it is still frozen. Frequently around here the 
ground will actually thaw out under the snow blanket.

The power fluctuations to the P.A. continue this afternoon.  The system 
still has the smoke contained, so I continue transmitting a signal.

I am being wimpy here today by not putting on the cold weather gear to 
go investigate the Helix Can.  I should go out and wiggle and check the 
ground rod connections. All the radials are attached by compression 
only. The snow could be causing some corrosion, or the cold loosening 
the clamp. We are suppose to have a heat wave starting tomorrow and Sat. 
I hope to make it till then.

Thanks again, for the reports.

73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 02/19/2015 03:59 PM, Garry Hess wrote:
> Mike, guess the cold weather is doing some good for lowfer propagation.
> I'm seeing WM here quite strong above my lowfer.