[Lowfer] MP

[Howell, Laurence J]

Tx was definitely Grumpy Mitch - let me know if you want a FET...

Laurence KL7L WE2XPQ

-----Original Message-----
From: Lowfer [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mitch Powell
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:27 AM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: [Lowfer] MP

Hi John et al:
Thanks for listening - but the last of my FETs just smoked !
This conversion to 475 kHz has been a nightmare - modifying all filters,
toroids, and antenna systems.
Each change was reflected by new problems, and they kept cascading down the
line.
As I sat here this morning - I detected a familiar electrical odor - hot
and definitely bad....by lucky chance (?) I was sitting right beside the
transmitter as it arced and spit before swallowing my last FET in stock.

So your efforts to hear me much appreciated but - I was moving a couple of
fans in the room and opening a window !

I will initially be off the air for some time - so may enjoy some listening
and experience some of the receiving that I have not been able to do for
some time. Maybe a total re-building is in the future. The G0MRF rig worked
well for over a decade..... I guess it just really didn't want to move to
an unfamiliar place - 475 kHz.

73

Mitch

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:50 AM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> I wasn't sure if MP was back on. There was no trace here yesterday during
> the daytime, nor about an hour after sunset.
>
> However, I was getting WSPRs from all corners of the U.S. on 630m from
> about
> an hour before sunset to an hour after, when I packed up to go home.
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