Hello Don,
I am not on 432 but would be willing to test with you any morning on 2 meters
when you are ready. I operate on 144.205 7 days a week along with many others.
You are 388 miles from my station in FN01xt. You can find me after 8AM Eastern
on the ON4KST chat page helping coordinate contacts.
Looking forward to testing with you,
73 Stan KA1ZE/3 FN0xt
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 17:12:38 -0700
From: Donald Fox
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To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject:
[VHFcontesting] Request for on air check of 432
station
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After a good two days effort over this past
weekend, I am happy to report that I now have my Rohn 8 foot tri-pod mounted to
the second story of our tri level.
additionally, this included running two 100
foot runs of 9913 equivalent feedline and one HD rotor wire from the tri-pod
down an interior wall to the radio room in the lowest level.
The 21 element
M2 432 beam is now perched atop a 6 foot pipe above the rotor which puts it
between 34-40 feet AGL. three feet below that , is a temporary Cushcraft 4
element 220 beam. 3 feet below that , I want to put my Cushcraft 13B2.
Ground
height above sea level here is 1400 feet which is a plus.
While I realize this
will not be a 'big gun" station by any means, moving 2 meters to the house from
the 40 foot Rohn 35 which is 200 feet from the house should help a bunch re
feedline loss. HF and the A50-5 will remain on the tower.
I knew that the 250
foot runs of 9913 out to the tower would be prohibitive on 220/432.
Elevation wise, the way the tower and house are situated on our lot, the AGL
difference between tower mounting vs the house is less than 5 feet.
Some may
ask why the tower is not higher. Proximity to the very nearby university airport
with it's runway that goes pretty much over the QTH precludes going any
higher.
All that being said, is there anyone near to EM79 who would care to
fire up their 432 station for a check?
Sadly, I am out of town during the
lions share of the upcoming CQ VHF contest, so I may not be on then at all.
:0(
Don N8ECH
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