[Lowfer] KE Beacon

[Douglas Williams]

This booklet has a wealth of information on Lowfer transmitting antennas.
Hopefully, the link works...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ead6nqxjtwzpr66/1750meter_antennas%5B1%5D.pdf?dl=0

D.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:09 AM Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On the subject of burying ground radials, I have found that simply laying
> them on the ground and pinning them down every so often with "lawn staples"
> is a lot less effort than burying them. Come spring, the grass will grow
> over them and they will disappear. You should be able to find the lawn
> staples at Lowes, Home Depot, or Tractor Supply.
>
> -Doug
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:02 AM Douglas Williams <
> williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Welcome to the list, Kasey. We are only 122 miles apart, so I will keep
>> trying for your lowfer beacon. Andy, KU4XR, in Knoxville should have a good
>> chance to hear it also.
>>
>> I 100% guarantee you that more ground radials would help. ;-)
>>
>> 73, Doug WB4DW  (changed callsigns very recently, so I'm still listed at
>> KB4OER on QRZ.com)
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:55 AM ka4sey <ka4sey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks to everyone trying to hear it. It's still a work in progress so
>>> maybe adding a tuning coil to the existing coil will let me fine tune it. I
>>> believe I blown another transistor so that needs to be replaced again.
>>> Frequency drift problem I believe was due to the battery being weak or
>>> cold. Replaced that with a 13.8v power supply so now I dont have to worry
>>> about batteries. Not sure if adding more/longer ground radials would help
>>> either with my transmitted signal. I currently have 8, 10 foot radials
>>> buried a few inches under the ground. Thanks again for the reception
>>> reports.DE KA4SEY, KaseySent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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