Recently, jjmmc at juno.com posted to SECC that Tad's antenna system is
being sold for his widow. For those interested in purchasing it, the
below is an email I received from Tad in February with details on the
near-final installation. The dropbox link has MANY photos with details.
As the original post requested, potential buyers should contact
either Tim WK4U at tlemmon at gmail.com or Jim, KT4MM at kt4mm at bellsouth.net
Jerry W4UK
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> 24 Feb 2014 09:00:47 -0800 (PST)
>From: Tad Williamson <tadwf4w at gmail.com>
>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:00:26 -0500
>Subject: The New tower and HF beam are up and operational (for the most part)
>To: jeflanders at comcast.net
>
>The tower and Beam are up. It is pretty amazing.
>
>Here's a link to my DropBox account with pictures up through weekend
>before last. I now have the beam complete and operational:
>
><https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dwg83pi20f5qbny/G6PrLmCOs9>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dwg83pi20f5qbny/G6PrLmCOs9
>
>The tower was tiled over a little too far and was having trouble
>getting started up. Al, NN4ZZ, had come over to take some pictures
>of the tilt-plate and the way I modified the phasing tubes. He
>worked a come-along and we were able to get it up enough to get past
>the point of the problem (just a foot or two). Lesson
>learned....never tilt down to completely horizontal.
>
>I got the remote switch and the coax hooked up in the shack and
>checked the SWR across the bands:
>
>40 is 2.6 at 7001 and drops down to 1:1 at 7120 -- I need to
>lengthen the tips a little to drop it down in the CW band
>30 is 1.5:1 or less across the whole band
>20 is 1.42:1 at 14001, flat at 14080 and 2.6:1 a 14340
>17 is less than 1.25:1 across the whole band
>15 is 1.35:1 or less across the whole band
>12 is a problem, but I knew that going in--it running about 2.3 to
>2.7:1---probably a trap, but I wanted to get it up and test it out.
>10 is 1.4:1 or less from 28001 to 28.700
>
>I worked a handful of stations barefoot with the beam pointed
>Southeast (135 degrees). I have the cable run for the rotor, but
>haven't connected it to the controller yet..
>
>TK, PJ7 and W1AW/4 on 30 meters.
>VK7 and KH6 on 12 meters even with the higher SWR.
>EA8 and IK8 on 20 meters
>
>All were CW contacts, 100 watts and one call.
>
>I'll drop it all next week, see if I can fix 12 meters and hopefully
>get the 6 and 2 meter beams mounted.
>
>I'll also keep it up off horizontal so I don't have the problem
>raising it again.
>
>I think I'm gonna like this beam!
>
>73, Tad, WF4W
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