Good show Bill. Those radials will make a difference.
I was pleasantly surprised by the XYL over the holidays. She offered to pay
for my hazer. Which means the tower and beam will be going up reasonably
soon. So will finally be off the wires.
Just putting up a TA-33SR to start with.
Dan/W4NTI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>
To: "secc" <secc@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:44 AM
Subject: [SECC] Station Improvements
>
> Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I managed to make a few
> improvements during the holidays.
>
> I laid down 11 more radials for my shunt-fed tower. This was more than 600
> feet of wire, bringing the total to 24 radials. Most radials are 60 feet,
> although a few are shorter, since I ran out of yard on that side.
>
> While the tuning of the shunt-fed tower didn't change much, the difference
> on 80m is quite noticable. Previously, it had been about the equal of the
> low dipole. Now, it is roughly a whole S-unit louder (at least for DX).
> With 100 watts, I've cracked a few SSB pileups for DX stations in the
> window on the second call.
>
> It has also changed the tuning of the 40m 1/4 wave sloper, which now makes
> an impedance in the middle of the band my tuner cannot match. I'll have to
> fix that before NAQP CW.
>
> Anyone else make any improvements over the holidays?
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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