I don't know about spray-on wax. I used to smear it with paste wax. Now I use
open-wire line.
On 12/24/2012 11:24 AM, Tom H Childers wrote:
It seems like I've heard someone suggest that spray-on car wax does a
good job of making the ladder line real slippery. I haven't tried it
yet, but I have two ladderline pieces on my NVIS loop. Twenty seven
feet of feed line and a ten foot stub at the opposite corner that
detune a bit in the rain. However when the loop needs to be
re-matched I just hit the straight key here and the KAT500 finds a
match that works. However I seldom run less than 100 watts.
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:01:19 -0500, KD7YZ Bob <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Monday Claire used a Straight-Key to send:
-------------Original Comment-------
You don't have to keep that power level, Bob. You only need it if the KAT500
needs to retune, and then only for the retune cycle. For that you might QSY
a few KHz
On CW or SSB I could try that. With some of these WSJT-Like modes, it's
pretty important to be on the same freq u were on, within Hertz; And,
call me old, but with about 6 to 10 seconds before the other cycle
starts, there isn't a lot of time to QSY and retune.
to a clear spot although between five and twenty watts you are
only talking about a one S-unit difference in signal.
thanks. Although I was more worried about damaging the K3 than the
signal strength.
The next thing is to find out why your antenna is so sensitive to moisture.
hmmm, true. Same when there is ice on it or snow. The other night in a
45mph wind, the 160m DP was going up and down about 30 feet it looked to
me. I use blocks and pulley to let it "float" It was graceful to watch
but worrisome too.
--
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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