Hello Stefan, Just seen this, sorry. I am happy to try and re-tune the loading coil to 137.4, my only issue is I have no quick and easy way to change between TX and RX as I am sing the same antenna f
Hi Stefan, Hopefully transmitting JT9-1 now, about every 10 minutes, on 137.350 Message CQ 2E0ILY Never used JT before, so pardon any errors!! -- Best regards, Chris mailto:[email protected]
Hello Riccardo, Thanks for the report Riccardo, I am not seeing myself, or some others on PSK Reporter, mauybe because I am not using WSJT-X to create the signal? Anyone know? Will do a bit more JT9-
Hello Vincent and Dave, Thanks for the reports, I am currently pondering why my spots don't show on the PSK reporter map, any ideas welcome! -- Best regards, Chris mailto:[email protected]
Hello LF'ers, Two 500 watt Class D amps combined. The output transformer of the combiner is now an auto transformer. This feeds, via RG-213 to outdoors, where an isolating transformer, that is a conv
Hello LF`ers, Just made a quick test WSPR TX here and the wind has got up here. First TX was fine, second one, luckily whilst I was watching the Scopematch, suddenly went odd. Shut it down and went o
Hello Andy, Well, I have seen the evidence you know all about LF fires ;) Thanks for the tip, will use an insulator each end, cheers. -- Best regards, Chris mailto:[email protected]
Hello Dave, OK, thanks for that David, for a moment scanning your mail I was thinking I was being seen on 50 MHz and was a bit worried.... :) -- Best regards, Chris mailto:[email protected]
Hello Clemens, I'll do some testing tomorrow, been trying to gain a bit of vertical height today and have run out of "play time". Just to be sure, you want me to reverse the connections so the AIM is
Hello LF'ers Has anyone tried making insulating bushes for the tilt over hinge and the bottom locking peg on a crank up / crank over 40 or 60 foot Versatower? How much of a detrimental effect would t
Hello Clemens, No it's assembled like this: 2 X amps to combiner via 2 off 12 inches Teflon coax cables : Combiner to LPF via 12 inches Teflon co-ax : Combiner to outside about 40 feet RG-213 co-ax :
Hello Clemens, It is between the outdoor end of the RG-1213 co-ax and the loading coil, although it's not 1 : 1 at the moment, it has taps on the primary and the secondary to fiddle with. -- Best reg
Hello Marco, It's whatsitting down with rain at the moment but I am moving antenna stuff around today, as soon as it stops I'll grab some photos :) But no, just one loading coil, with the variometer
Hello Rik and Wolf, Thanks for the replies. Rik, the coil shown in the illustration, that would be my loading coil, right? Is the coil likely to need similar inductance to what i have now with a veri
Hello Mike, Would using the tower as the radiator itself be any more efficient than a slightly lower vertical that is supported from a guy from the top of the tower though? I am beginning to think th
Hello Pat, Digging a large concrete block out of the back lawn is not something that would definitely not get past she who must be obeyed, but a nice thought ;) Getting Putting it in there when she w
Hello Mark, I would, even just from a technically interesting angle, love to see those, please share if and when convenient, cheers. -- Best regards, Chris mailto:[email protected]
Hello Alan, Great info there, and I take on board what you are saying, I am moving away from insulating the tower for reasons stated a moment ago in another reply. Too dangerous with animals about, a
Hello Marcocadeddu, Photos are in a zip file at http://www.gatesgarth.com/radio.zip They also show the antenna, a vertical feeding the corner of my HF horizontal quad loop. The corner of the loop ,an
