[Lowfer] KE Beacon

[KA4SEY]

Ok that's a better idea. Takes me about 10 minutes to bury one ground radial so if I ever add more I will just do that. ThanksKaseySent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com> Date: 11/19/20  9:13 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] KE Beacon On the subject of burying ground radials, I have found that simply layingthem 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 growover them and they will disappear. You should be able to find the lawnstaples at Lowes, Home Depot, or Tractor Supply.-DougOn 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>> ______________________________________________________________>> Lowfer mailing list>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net>> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html>>>______________________________________________________________Lowfer mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowferHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.netPost must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html