[Lowfer] Current 137 k

[Bill Ashlock]

Hi Jay,

>Was looking for WA today while doing some antenna testing...really miss 
>having
>it there for various tests. JA probably doesn't agree, though.

Screw JA. <G> ...........Actually you need to look at 166.666. I've been 
sending there to keep away from the grouch.... no not really. I'm oriented a 
shade west of N/S, so this should be a receiving challenge for you - but not 
a null. I just ran into a RG-58 windfall and will change to this conductor 
tomorrow night after work from a #12. Have the current increase prediction 
ready (assuming no change in turns ratio).  I'll do the same and we will see 
who comes closest to the actual value.

>BTW, any ETA on the medfer station?

How does that go? "It will be ready when it's ready". <G> I'm not satisfied 
with the Q and refuse to transmit until I am. Realize this is not very 
Ham-like! Hey, you were the one that said that transformers should work up 
there. Do you have any #61 ferrite?  Based on a lot of reading it looks like 
160M is a transitional frequency between transformer coupling and gamma 
matching. Capacitor matching comes in there as well. I'm about ready to 
change from a square shape to a hex. Intuition tells me there will be higher 
losses with the square loop because of the messed-up field in the corners 
but no publication supports this. Have yet to see another square TX loop at 
160M. Maybe the thing to do is use multiple turns to get the loss resistance 
higher.  0.1 ohms is tough to work with and doesn't lead to an easy job for 
the resonant capacitor.

Bill A

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