The TH-7s were collected over a period of several years and picked up 2nd
hand. Same for the 120 ft of R-25 they are mounted on and the 130 ft of
R-25 used to support an 80 Mtr 4 Square.. Ditto for the TT-2X rotors and
two side mounts used with the TH-7s.
Up here in IA HF is getting more and more non existent and N0NI taught me
the trick of driving around and noting towers/HF antennas. Then driving
by a month after to see if the antenna is still pointed the same
direction. If it is aimed the same direction then stopping and ask if
the owner wants to get rid of it. Sometimes it is yours just for taking
it down;-) I'm not young or healthy enough anymore to do the climbing
but N0NI works cheap (free) in exchange for my doing the grave yard shift
on 160 & 80 & 40 in his SSB, etc multi single endeavors (e.g., CQ WW).
Seems none of the younger guys want to stay up all night and dig for Qs,
but would rather run big rates in the day light hours.
BTW, I have a 4th TH-7for replacement parts when needed. When it comes
to antenna collecting, just call me Sanford as I also have several
verticals, 40 Mtr rotatable dipole, side mounts, two TT-2X rotors, an
OR-2800 rotor etc, stored away for potential use or my estate sale. Again
all 2nd hand junk!
73 Larry L W0ETC
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:36:34 -0600 "Dick White" <whiter26@sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> Larry.............stacked TH-7's ? wow, that is the problem. You have
> too
> much aluminum in the sky and it is scaring off all the signals.
> Maybe you
> need to trade me for my Mosley TA-34-XL that I have up 55 feet.
> I chased you all over the bands before finally working you. I also
> had the
> problem of hearing someone working DX that I could not print. This
> sure
> makes for interesting and very challenging contesting. Looking
> forward to
> the next one.
>
> 73 Dick KS0M
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry L Lindblom" <llindblom@juno.com>
> To: <whiter26@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: <RTTY@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY
>
>
> > I totally agree with Dick's comment below. I think Dick will find
> it
> > interesting that up here a few hundred miles to the north at times
> things
> > seemed even worse. I say that because I heard him work some
> Europeans on
> > 15 that I couldn't print no matter which TH-7 or combinations of
> TH-7s I
> > tried in the 3 high stack.
>
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