Scott and Friends,
The ammeter check results are in.... Dead Meter.
I went over the antenna connections cleaning and soldering and a small
amount of retuning was required.
Someone asked how things are set up now...
There are two coil forms involved. On the first is a bifilar winding with
ten turns each for the coaxial feed and for the antenna feed. One end of
each of these windings is grounded.
The second form has the loading inductor for the antenna. It consists of a
single layer close wound solenoid with 40 turns of ~16 Formvar coated wire
two inches long and 10-3/4 inches in diameter. The entire coil exactly
resonates the antenna, without taps and without using the Variometer.
It is a very simple and straightforward setup. The fact that there should
be a lower antenna resistance bothers me, but NOT enough to play with it.
That antenna plays. I may make up an antenna current meter from the LF
Today book. What cuts the toroid core material and leaves a sooth cut or am
I dreaming?
J.
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