[Lowfer] Historical HiFER operation?

[W4DEX]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM Facility 406 <
facility_406 at bruteforcedevelopment.com> wrote:

> A discussion of ~13.56 MHz in another forum got me wondering...
> Is there any historical HiFER operation information out there?
>

Kurt,

I can only provide you with some history of the HiFer I started with 23
years ago.  I started with a signal generator to a 1/4 wave vertical.
Later using a two way radio channel element for the signal source.  Details
on the page below:

http://www.w4dex.com/HiFer.htm

For a while I had a solar panel charging the battery.  When the battery
expired I replaced it with a 12 volt wall wart.  Everything else is still
the same 21 years later.  I just checked and found the beacon still
squaring away very close to the published 13.555 MHz frequency.  It has
been several years since I've received a reception report.  Maybe I should
see how much power the wall wart is consuming.  My guess is the beacon is
costing me several dollars per year providing no ROI.

73,
Dex