[Lowfer] WM "green"

[Michael Sapp]

OK Mike, Tnx for the clarification. Seeing partial traces of WM along with a 
solid SIW this afternoon in EN90xn but not enough for a full WM capture.

73, Mike tts


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N8OOU" <n8oou at meekfarm.us>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WM "green"


> Mike, J.B. and others;  No I mis-typed that. I should have written 900 mW. 
> It is fluctuating around 50 mA at 18V. I re-read that post several times 
> before sending it and didn't catch the typo. I don't think my output 
> efficiency is that great yet so the amount of RF going into the antenna is 
> less than the typical beacon.
>
> Mike - OOU
>
> 73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek
>
> On 01/13/2015 03:22 PM, Michael Sapp wrote:
>> Mike: Is the RF input power to the WM lowfer antenna 100mw?
>>
>> 73, Mike tts
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "N8OOU" <n8oou at meekfarm.us>
>> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"
>> <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WM "green"
>>
>>
>>> Hi J.B. I'd be happy to, it is a simple setup, nothing fancy.
>>>
>>> I have a 5 watt, weather proof solar panel, which is primarily
>>> intended to keep an automotive battery topped off.  It is/was
>>> connected to 12V 4.5AH and 6V 4.5AH gell cells connected in series to
>>> give me 18V to run the beacon P.A.
>>>
>>> My first problem was after running "green" for several days, I found
>>> the 6V battery fully dead and in a reverse voltage condition. The
>>> source of this problem was the Chinese manufacture of the solar panel
>>> put a nice blob of solder on the ends of the wires, then just crimped
>>> the alligator clips on the wire insulation using the blob to keep the
>>> wire from pulling out.
>>>
>>> I had used that panel/battery combination last summer to run the
>>> electric fence charger on my garden. With the connections weathered
>>> now, there was no electrical connection to charge the batteries.
>>>
>>> I am currently running charge / discharge test on the batteries to see
>>> if they are still good. They are a couple years old so I may be making
>>> a trip to the battery store.
>>>
>>> I am hoping that 5W solar panel has enough "Cloudy Power" to keep the
>>> batteries ahead of the 100 mW P.A. I you want, you can read about
>>> "Cloudy Power" here ==> http://n8oou.meekfarm.us/SolarPowerProject.html
>>>
>>> I need to make sure this setup works because my final beacon location
>>> will be about 1/4 mile from the house and AC power.  I hope that's the
>>> detail you were looking for.  Thanks
>>>
>>> 73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek
>>>
>>> On 01/13/2015 01:40 PM, John Bruce McCreath wrote:
>>>>>   Factory connections on the solar panel were not properly soldered.
>>>>> That kind of thing.
>>>>>   I had to switch the PA power back to commercial while I sort out
>>>>> the "green" problems.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mike....can you share with us details of your solar system?  My
>>>> entire shack runs off an
>>>> array of twelve panels on the garage roof.
>>>>
>>>> 73, J.B., VE3EAR
>>>>
>>>> LowFER Beacon "EAR"
>>>> 188.830 kHz. QRSS30
>>>> EN93dr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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