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The Desert Whooper
mark-n-nut:
I agree that it had gotten weaker. But tonight it is back to its normal signal levels here. Bravo to the engineering crew.
73
Teotwaki:
I’ve also had trouble receiving it at home. Just happened to check KFS Omni and had it at S7 at 18:21 pst
Bat 13.1
OTMP 64
iTMP 74
PV 1
stendec:
Yes, it was back to S9 on the KFS SDR for awhile today, but then went back to just a whisper this afternoon. Now (at 0150Z) it is abruptly going from S9 down to S2 mid-whoop - or even mid-character! DW may have an intermittent connection in its PA, or its antenna system.
Teotwaki:
Signal strength seems to be normal for the last four or five hours. Currently S8 on KFS SE
Bat 13.0
OTMP 65
iTMP 72
PV 1
Desert Whooper:
DW had been suffering severely low output. We finally made the long drive & hike and brought repair parts to cover the most likely failure types. It turned out the antenna balun was bad. DW has been enduring very high VSWR all these weeks!
Will pry open the old balun soon
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