Stefan
No signal so far at my QTH
GL de mal/g3kev
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Schäfer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Paul" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: VLF: 8970 Hz transmissions, soon again here
> VLF,
>
> I'm now running 350W into the system and get about 0.8 A antenna
> current. Strong audible partial discharges occurr on a parallel fixed
> plate capacitor, spaced by 3 cola bottles (0.33l ;-) ). At 550 mH i have
> 25 kV rms on the antenna and coil which seems to be no problem at all.
>
> The frequency is still a bit unstable since i took the DDS VFO which is
> more comfortable to find the resonance. I will now try to slightly QRO
> and then apply a fiber optic cable carrying the GPS locked frequency
> coming from the PC/SpecLab, hopefully without to many phase glitches.
> Currently i may have an offset of some 20...30 mHz and a slight drift
> but it is a first successfully test :-)
>
> 73, Stefan/DK7FC
>
>
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