[Lowfer] KE Beacon

[Douglas Williams]

You're welcome! Good to see young people becoming interested in the hobby.

The "secret ingredient", given the limitations that are imposed on us by
the FCC on the Part 15 1750 meter band, as well as the laws of physics, is
to minimize losses. Since the "ground" is half of your antenna, more, and
longer, radials are your friend. The more, the merrier. Also, a capacity
hat is a great return on investment, although whether or not the radius of
the capacity hat has to be counted in the overall length of the antenna is
a matter of debate, I would advise to err on the side of caution. :-)

D.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:26 AM KA4SEY <ka4sey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, it opens on my laptop. I will look through it. Thank you
>
> Kasey
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:17 AM KA4SEY <ka4sey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am currently on a phone so I may have to switch to my laptop for it to
> > open I will get it a try and let you know
> >
> > Kasey
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 9:15 AM Douglas Williams <
> williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> 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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