[Lowfer] WM Lowfer - relocated antenna

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Mike

How many feet and what type of conductor? Too bad it's oriented N - S ... at least for those of us 
'back east'.

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2


----- 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: Thursday, July 07, 2016 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WM Lowfer - relocated antenna


> Mitch, The frequency is set for 185300.5Kc and shifts to 300.9. I just turned on my receiver and 
> it is showing a tenth higher, which I think will drop after it is on a while.
>
> The RF meter constructed by Bill shows close to a 1 A loop current with the 1 W input power. I 
> believe that is in the ballpark from what he documented. The big question I think, is the 
> propagation in place to allow the signal to travel any distance. The loop is positioned on the 
> west edge of my bean field, so it has nothing but farm fields in the path to the East.
>
> Good Luck, and thanks for listening.
>
> 73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek
>
> On 07/07/2016 11:26 AM, Mitch Powell wrote:
>> Mike:
>> What is your current frequency (WM ) - would like to try a new antenna for
>> receiving. Might squeeze a signal through one of those noisy storms passing
>> through.
>> 73
>> Mitch VE3OT
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:21 PM, N8OOU <n8oou at meekfarm.us> wrote:
>>
>>> I have moved the loop antenna from being supported by and laying across
>>> the top of tall pine trees.... to being suspended in fairly open air by
>>> taller trees. The loop wire now runs N-S.  I will let the beacon run for a
>>> few days in this configuration. Reports Welcome
>>> --
>>> 73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek
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