137 KHz

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:38:20 -0400

Todd,

Right now we are hard at work on some test equipment and antenna design 
work and looking to get a bunch of other stuff written up. We have learned 
pretty much the basics with our setup for now.  The LOWFers seem to be 
plowing new ground and showing how the LF season is much longer than 
earlier work suggested.

Your suggestion on encouraging newcomers seems a good one because we can 
get on the air pretty much with what we have right now.  We are running a 
200 watt transmitter so keeping it on 24/7 is a bit more difficult than one 
watt with a LOWFer rig.  A spider can wreck havoc on the antenna 
tuner.  I'll bring it up with the group and see if anyone wants to take on 
the job of running one or both rigs.

By the way, we QSOed from time to time on AM some years ago and chatted 
about LF then.  I went back to my original call since then.  I still have 
the Johnson KW and the 160 meter Gates rig here but have not had them on 
for several years.  I need to put the HF antenna back up.

Frank K0BRA  ex AK4R

At 10:28 AM 9/21/02 -0400, you wrote:
><PRE>Dear Folks, I was wondering if your group is planning to actually 
>transmit
>any signals in the 137KHz band through the winter of 2002-2003? I have looked
>at your webpages but don't seem to see any description of reliable
>transmissions in that band or description of any plans to actually have some
>sort of transmitter operating currently or in the future. If you have run
>transmissions in the past they appear to have been spotty and not announced
>to the LF community (LWCA) ?  I would think the best way to build and keep
>interest in your experiments on 137KHz would be to have a RELIABLE beacon
>transmitter of some type running 24HOURS A DAY. That way anyone who took the
>time and energy to seriously look for your signals would know that someone at
>least had a RELIABLE signal KNOWN TO BE ON THE AIR that they could look for,
>and know that countless hours of their time would not be wasted looking for
>signals that are not actually on the air. Thanks for your time. Yours Truly,
>Todd Roberts WD4NGG. PS I am located in SC.
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Frank Gentges KØBRA
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