[600MRG] I'm finding the weak points!

[N1BUG]

I am once again testing my system on WSPR. Reports appreciated. If 
you see anything strange about my signal please tell me.

During a snow and ice storm several days ago my transmitter went 
crazy with very distorted waveform on the scopematch. The antenna 
was off resonance, but it wasn't just that. The amplifier was doing 
something odd as a result.

Today the ice finally came off the antenna, but I had to string 300 
feet of extension cord and use a heat gun to thaw out the hand winch 
that I use to pull the antenna taut. Subsequently I had to 
re-resonate the antenna and change taps on the matching transformer. 
Apparently the snow cover and/or colder temperatures have changed 
things a bit, or else there is still ice up there that I don't see. 
Next summer I will be working on a remote tuning system! I also need 
to figure out a way to keep ice off that winch. Freezing rain ran 
down the rope and turned the whole drum into one big solid block of ice!

I have so many rush projects going on right now that I barely know 
what day it is, but soon (hopefully very soon) I will begin work on 
a transmit mixer so I can become QRV on QSO modes.

73,
Paul N1BUG