Laurence,
She's looking a bit healthy up here tonight. I think ur gonna re-define
Dogbones. :-D
Later,
Mike
Laurence KL1X wrote:
Ive invoked the Decca amp (thanks Crawley club!) and it needs a bit of
tweaking, but we are running close to 30-35A aerial current into the
loop as is and nothing cap/toroid wise is getting warm - final power
will be around 1Kw when ive done the final tweeks to the coils in the PA.
Ground wave tests whilst mobile using an E probe and FT817 and XDW at
180W with the MRF amp (12 amps AEI) had the signal CW audible to 500
miles whilst drive on I40, so it looks, even given the diminutive size
relative to lambda, that these things radiate quite well .-3dB points
look like 110 deg on this one, and Eu is around 1-1.5dB down on the
main lobe - Northern Africa gets the biggest theoretical signal
towards the East.
Let the games begin.
Laurence KL1X/5 Okie
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