Some of you have been asking me about the "GEE-WIZ IT
WORKS" Antenna I wrote the list about earlier.
I had to check it this morning I was afraid it fell down -
the band is TOTALLY SILENT except for atmospheric noise.
In the contest so far here
are the stats:
BTW:
THANKS TO ALL FOR A CONTACT
105 Qs
219 PTS
45 SECS
SCORE 9,855
Can you believe it I have worked all but about four
states.
Also worked HC8, KH6, KP2 and VE
I am not bragging, I realize these scores contest wise are
nothing compared to other stations and there are plenty
out there who could BLOW MY SOCKS OFF
But I am very surprised and elated.
Thanks to all of you who share in my enthusiasm.
This really encourages me to do a lot more with wire
antennas around here.
73 fer nw,
Bob AD5VJ
10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
AD5VJ Bob
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:29 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "GEE-WIZ IT WORKS"
>
>
> Now what I would like to figure out is:
>
> (I guess ignorance is bliss)
>
> I had a wonderful surprise just now, I just made my
first
> *ever* 6 mtr contact on the new antenna so it must work
on
> 6 mtr also.
>
> Actually was just going to see if I could hear anybody
on
> 50.125 and low and behold all kinds of signals coming in
from
> all over.
>
> So after saying it was stupid to try and talk to anyone
> (not having an beam for 6) I did anyway.
>
> Low and behold he came back to my call :0)
> After picking myself up off the floor we had a QSO and I
> logged my first *ever 6 mtr contact.
>
> Used the tuner in the rig this time not the MFJ (didn't
> figure it would cover up to 50Mhz and got AA6DD in
> California to come back
>
> EVEN HAD A QSO not just a signal report.
>
> I am hearing him in the background while I type this.
>
> NOW I AM *REALLY* EXCITED.
>
> Wish I know how to figure out a beam pattern of this
> thing.
>
> I have an antenna bridge MFJ-204B but I think all it
will
> do is tell me impedances of the transmission line.
>
> The manual doesn't say much about using it.
>
>
>
> 73 fer nw,
> Bob AD5VJ
>
> 10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
> http://www.n5iet.com/
> Code may be taking a back seat for now,
> but the pioneering spirit that put the code
> there in the first place is out front of it all.
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> AD5VJ Bob
> > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 10:19 AM
> > To: 'J. Gordon Beattie, Jr.'; towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "GEE-WIZ IT WORKS"
> >
> >
> > Hi Gordon:
> >
> > Well this one is probably an older one at least it
looks
> > like it. Has analogue meter read out and is model
> MFJ-949B
> >
> > Hope that helps. This tuner is rated at only 300W but
it
> seems to tune
> > just about anything I have put in it so
> far
> > to 50 ohms and this FT-920 is very very picky.
> >
> > Now antenna efficiency is quiet another story, it has
> > tuned some antennas for the transceiver's approval -
> that
> > wouldn't get out across the street (literally) but
that
> > wasn't the tuners fault -
> >
> > That was my own "special" form
> > of electromagnetic engineering.
> >
> > "Put Up Listen See Who Answers"
> > "PULSWA Engineering" Hi Hi
> >
> > 73 fer nw,
> > Bob AD5VJ
> >
> > 10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
> > http://www.n5iet.com/
> > Code may be taking a back seat for now,
> > but the pioneering spirit that put the code
> > there in the first place is out front of it all.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf
Of
> > J.
> > > Gordon Beattie, Jr.
> > > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:41 AM
> > > To: 'AD5VJ Bob'; towertalk@contesting.com
> > > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "GEE-WIZ IT WORKS"
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob,
> > > I'm impressed by two elements of your email.
> > >
> > > 1. The antenna performance is very cool! Telephone
> wire
> > is
> > > useful stuff!
> > >
> > > 2. You actually got that MFJ tuner to work?
> > > I have several low-end MFJ tuners that work great,
> > but
> > > the 989D a
> > > friend of mine has is JUNK! Is this what
you have?
> >
> > >
> > > Observations:
> > > 1. His tuner couldn't dip the SWR anywhere on
> > 40/20M
> > > with a 35 piece of wire.
> > > 2. The numbers at the end stops on the roller
> > inductor
> > > kept changing wildly.
> > > 3. As a "Legal Limit" tuner I would question
> > whether it
> > > would work given the
> > > capacitor gap spacing.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any thoughts here?
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> > > 201.314.6964
> > > w2ttt@arrl.net
> > > w2ttt@att.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> > > [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf
Of
> > AD5VJ Bob
> > > Sent: Thursday, 01 December, 2005 18:58
> > > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > > Subject: [TowerTalk] "GEE-WIZ IT WORKS"
> > >
> > > I'll be in the 160 meter contest with my brand new:
> > > up in the air(sort of)
> > > 360'
> > > end feed/bent/slopping/cattycornered
> > > (and anything else it took to get it up)
> > > semi-long wire
> > > made from 6 conductor telephone wire
> > > shorted at both ends
> > >
> > > I call it my "GEE-WIZ IT WORKS" antenna
> > >
> > > THANK GOD FOR MY MFJ-DELUXE VERSA TUNER 2
> > >
> > > I really didn't think it would work out but had to
try
> something I
> > > was going crazy hearing everyone working
> Dx
> > on
> > > 160 and couldn't even get to Dallas on my 80 meter
> > inverted
> > > Vee even with the tuner.
> > >
> > > So I did all I could do:
> > >
> > > Used bailing wire I tied 7 20' water pipes at
varying
> > distances to my
> > > fence posts.
> > >
> > > Strung the telephone wire up at the top using more
> > bailing
> > > wire to hold it to the top of the poles.
> > >
> > > Ran the telephone wire into my shack to my tuner.
> > >
> > > Hooked the tuner to my FT-920 and prayed.
> > >
> > > Now the amazing part to me is:
> > >
> > > 1) Two days after I put it up we had a wind storm
that
> knocked out
> > > power even as far as Dallas (the day of
> > > CQWW-CW) and the antenna is still standing just as I
> had
> > > put it up originally.
> > >
> > > 2) As I said I really was hoping to at least be able
> to
> > > talk to someone in Dallas or Ft Worth or even
> > Weatherford,
> > > but - so far I have been able to work 13 Dx stations
> on
> > it
> > > the farthest of which was Hawaii.
> > >
> > > Oh I know good conditions no doubt, but even so:
> > >
> > > I was amazed for 100W output and God only knows how
> > > *little* actually transmitted or what the pattern is
> > > (other then straight up Hi Hi)
> > >
> > > ((Next I try the metal flashing around the house Hi
> Hi))
> > >
> > > So no it isn't according to spec and it certainly
> isn't
> > > according to theoretical norms (in fact it is
> laughable)
> > but
> > > for what ever the reason is it seems to be enough to
> get
> > me
> > > some contacts.
> > >
> > > So I will be in the contest with a smile and looking
forward to
> > > *any* contacts I can get.
> > >
> > > My first exploratory on the 160 meter band so I am
> > hoping
> > > to use the contest this go around as a means of
giving
> > me
> > > a sort of "real-life" antenna pattern for it.
> > >
> > > IF YOU HEAR ME PLEASE WORK ME I WILL PUT YOU ON THE
> > > ANTENNA PATTERN CHART :0)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73 fer nw,
> > > Bob AD5VJ
> > >
> > > 10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
> > > http://www.n5iet.com/
> > > Code may be taking a back seat for now,
> > > but the pioneering spirit that put the code
> > > there in the first place is out front of it all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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