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Last night 14  decodes of WD2XSH/17  best -14
Seems like every night different  challenges Murphy is around all the time.
Antenna current dropped to zero every now and then
with some relation to the higher voltage.
Basicly 3 things could be wrong: Antenna, cable or Variometer .
The last thing would be the worst but this Hagenuk Variometer is very professional build
Thick Litze coils  4mm  and all coated with a thick layer  epoxy.
 Culprit was old army RG213  PL259 brown isolation type
This is a short cable to the outside tuner.
I was using it for 160m also.
So this 475 TX is a good weak spot tester.
And the TX with IRFP4227 can survive even short circuit in the antenna.

                                                       Hagenuk



Had my best TX result last night  140W DC input
More stable and reliable using the IRFP4227
 first time decoded by N1BUG  twice
the relative antenna current indicator for  the first time was on 100%
with the IRF540 it was 50-60 as long as the FET holds..
Now the weakest spot is loss in  the air coils starting to smell.
It needs toroids  transformers or Litze wire.
When tuned good the IRFP stays almost cool .
And although  the loading transformer was changed fro 9:1 to 4:1  the  SWR over the 50Ohz short feedline to the tuning box does not go below 1:2
 resulting in 400V tt  = 142V effective  over 150? OHm
Tuning on  max  current in the line to ground does not happen at the lowest SWR point.


    this  explanes a lot the good signal of WD2XSH/17

printscreen dump to Dropbox  does a perfect compress. Dropbox pop keeps on whining about upgrading after the free file storage has been used.

 2017-03-13 01:56  WG2XKA  0.475721  -25  0  FN33lq  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5656  49 
 2017-03-13 00:36  WG2XKA  0.475721  -24  0  FN33lq  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5656  49 
 2017-03-13 02:36  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -14  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 06:06  WD2XSH/17  0.475640  -15  1  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 06:00  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -18  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 02:00  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -10  1  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 04:58  WD2XSH/17  0.475640  -26  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 00:08  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -23  1  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 01:44  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -5  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 05:54  PA0O  0.475614  -32  0  JO33hg  0.2  WD2XSH/17  FN42pb  5630  290 
 2017-03-13 04:04  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -22  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 03:04  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -22  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 04:40  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -28  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 00:22  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -21  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 00:36  WD2XSH/17  0.475638  -21  1  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 00:58  WD2XSH/17  0.475638  -22  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 00:28  WD2XSH/17  0.475638  -17  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 02:10  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -12  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 02:56  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -20  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 06:04  WD2XSH/17  0.475640  -17  -1  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 00:18  WD2XSH/17  0.475638  -17  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 05:48  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -17  0  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 05:16  WG2XPJ  0.475634  -27  0  FN34lp  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5587  50 
 2017-03-13 05:54  PA0O  0.475614  -27  0  JO33hg  0.2  N1BUG  FN55mf  5297  293 
 2017-03-13 04:46  PA0O  0.475614  -27  0  JO33hg  0.2  N1BUG  FN55mf  5297  293 


all  bands   also a good 160m night
 2017-03-13 05:28  WB5WPA  1.838033  -24  0  EM13qc  5  PA0O  JO33hg  7913  38 
 2017-03-13 04:12  KD6RF  1.838118  -26  0  EM22lc  5  PA0O  JO33hg  7909  38 
 2017-03-12 23:36  PA0O  3.594015  -25  0  JO33hg  1  N4AU  EM62vp  7334  293 
 2017-03-13 02:58  PA0O  3.594015  -27  0  JO33hg  1  K4COD  EM73sc  7188  292 
 2017-03-13 03:56  K4COD  3.594161  -25  1  EM73sc  2  PA0O  JO33hg  7188  41 
 2017-03-13 02:46  KD0S  5.288620  -23  -1  DN94  5  PA0O  JO33hg  7161  39 
 2017-03-13 02:22  PA0O  3.594030  -33  0  JO33hg  1  AJ5E  FM02au  6928  289 
 2017-03-13 01:14  PA0O  3.594015  -26  0  JO33hg  1  K9AN  EN50wc  6829  300 
 2017-03-13 02:58  PA0O  3.594021  -23  0  JO33hg  1  NF4E  FM05ow  6605  290 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594016  -23  0  JO33hg  1  K4RCG  FM08si  6392  292 
 2017-03-13 03:02  N4AAA  3.594188  -23  0  FM18is  5  PA0O  JO33hg  6287  45 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594018  -19  0  JO33hg  1  K3RWR  FM18qi  6279  291 
 2017-03-13 04:50  K3RWR  3.594144  -20  0  FM18qi  5  PA0O  JO33hg  6279  45 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594016  -23  0  JO33hg  1  K2LTE  FN20  6017  292 
 2017-03-13 01:42  K2MAZ  3.593997  -23  0  FN20vn  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5959  47 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594016  -24  0  JO33hg  1  N2NOM  FN22bg  5933  294 
 2017-03-12 23:54  PA0O  3.594016  -25  0  JO33hg  1  N1KEV  FN31gm  5841  292 
 2017-03-13 05:42  KK1D  3.594041  -17  0  FN31vi  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5776  48 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594015  -21  0  JO33hg  1  KK1D  FN31vi  5776  291 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594016  -26  0  JO33hg  1  WJ1I  FN41  5694  290 
 2017-03-13 01:56  WG2XKA  0.475721  -25  0  FN33lq  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5656  49 
 2017-03-13 05:42  WA9WTK  3.594063  -21  1  FN42fk  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5654  49 
 2017-03-13 04:22  PA0O  3.594016  -18  0  JO33hg  1  WA9WTK  FN42fk  5654  291 
 2017-03-13 05:02  PA0O  3.594016  -22  0  JO33hg  1  W1XP  FN42fo  5642  292 
 2017-03-13 04:10  W1XP  3.594073  -10  -1  FN42fo  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5642  49 
 2017-03-13 05:54  PA0O  0.475614  -32  0  JO33hg  0.2  WD2XSH/17  FN42pb  5630  290 
 2017-03-13 00:08  WD2XSH/17  0.475639  -23  1  FN42pb  5  PA0O  JO33hg  5630  49 
 2017-03-13 05:16  WG2XPJ  0.475634  -27  0  FN34lp  1  PA0O  JO33hg  5587  50 
 2017-03-13 05:54  PA0O  0.475614  -27  0  JO33hg  0.2  N1BUG  FN55mf  5297  293 

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