[Lowfer] MP, SIW, EAR
Mitch Powell
ve3ot.mp at gmail.com
Tue Oct 20 16:19:55 EDT 2015
Mike:
You do realize that the only proper time to work on antennas is when the
temperature is just below freezing. This results in superior results
compared to working on a nice Fall day with warm breezes and sunshine. But
then, I still believe in Santa Claus :-)
Thanks for the report.
Mitch
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Michael Sapp <wa3tts at verizon.net> wrote:
> Mitch & All: MP was pounding into EN90xn this afternoon dispite your
> adverse ewx condx....15wpm sw ID audible each sequence...
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/c41ue5ah40mmhgp/capt00005.jpg?dl=0
>
> My apologies for being .2 Hz low...
>
> Looked for SIW in QRSS30 with gain/contrast 40/40 but now show. So I went
> to QRSS60 and gain/contrast 50/50 and the signal was there, perhaps 2 or 3
> dB above the -76 ~ -77 peak background noise...
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/xblgc7djktkpazv/capt00011.jpg?dl=0
>
> Weaker than normal level from SIW from what I have seen since Garry re-lit
> the pilot light on SIW so to say...
>
> EAR just about or at 20dB above the background noise. Difficult to tell as
> those to light tracer carriers almost never fade completely into the
> noise....
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8rcd2ol0avg6q3/capt00018.jpg?dl=0
>
> A few snow showers here today Mitch as I was replacing the small home made
> compression fit connectors to the vacuum
> relay that switches my 160m loading coil in/out of my HF elevated ground
> plane... I thought the snow was all my fault for getting the ladder out and
> working on the antenna....
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/edr9g4w4lvn36fj/1018133647.jpg?dl=0
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/gv7vu5run9c6gdf/1018133723.jpg?dl=0
>
> 73 Mike wa3tts
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bruce McCreath" <
> weazle at hurontel.on.ca>
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <
> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] MP
>
>
> Tried for EAR but no go then...
>>>
>>
>> Hello Lloyd....we had heavy wet snow overnight that had all of my
>> antennas sagging.
>> The helix house was covered as well, so it's likely the antenna system
>> was detuned.
>> I just checked the FSM on the bedroom window sill, which I use to see if
>> all is well,
>> and it's showing the usual normal reading again after the snow melted.
>> Thanks for
>> the report giving me a cause to check!
>>
>> 73, J.B., VE3EAR
>>
>> LowFER Beacon "EAR"
>> 188.830 kHz. QRSS30
>> EN93dr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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