[Lowfer] Re: Medfer Loop Design

Dexter McIntyre W4DEX [email protected]
Wed, 03 Sep 2003 23:19:41 -0400


I could hear Todd's ABC Medfer very well during the evening hours. 
Distance is about 210 miles.  I think I have a QSL so I will see if any
equipment details are listed.  Todd was a regular on 160 meters during
that time but I haven't heard him since the late 90's.

Dex

Tim Brannon wrote:
> 
> Back around 1995 there was a beacon listing in the Top End column of  THE
> LOWDOWN for a medfer callsign "ABC".  This beacon was on 1677.5 kHz and used
> a transmitting loop.  The operator was Todd Roberts, WD4NGG, on Hilton Head
> in South Carolina.  I remember seeing a picture of it and a few paragraphs
> in one issue, but I flipped through my back-issues last night and couldn't
> find it.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that I read where Todd got some actual DX reports on it (no
> offense intended to you loopers...  ;-)
> 
> John, do you recall any of the details?
> 
> Tim Brannon   KF5CQ
> Dallas
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