Oh my!!! You would think I would know that.
The PreStew is in THREE DAYS everyone!
Full rules here: http://www.kkn.net/stew/
I will try to get the Summer Stew scores posted before it starts.
Tree
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahem... Pre-Stew is in THREE days!
>
> Tim N3QE
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Tree <tree@kkn.net> wrote:
>
> > Good day all - thought I would share some more experience I have had with
> > loading a tower with a SteppIR on top of it.
> >
> > As I reported last season - I used a loaded tower at NE7D with a DB-18E
> on
> > it to work the K1N DX pedition.
> >
> > Recently - I acquired a MonsterIR and after talking to ZL3IX, I decided
> to
> > connect the two elements at each end of the boom to the boom. This is
> > pretty easy to do - contact me off list if you want more data.
> >
> > I am happy to report this all seems to be working with no issues to the
> > normal operation of the beam. The tower is 77 feet tall and works very
> > well with "only" 20 radials on the ground. I will be increasing it to
> > about 40 soon.
> >
> > I also asked SteppIR if they had ever had any customer complain about
> > problems associated with loading a tower with one of their antennas on
> top
> > - and they have not. Of course - it might just mean the ZL3IX, NE7D and
> I
> > are the only ones who have tried. :-)
> >
> > I find that the frequency setting for the Monster affects things on 160
> > meters as expected. I can move the low SWR point up and down the band
> > some. My nominal setting for 1825 kHz is around 9 MHz. My gamma is
> about
> > 45 feet high - spaced two feet from the tower. I don't know my exact
> gamma
> > capacitance - but it equates to about 10 feet of RG8 coax used as a
> > capacitor.
> >
> > See you on the band!! I also put up a Hi-Z 4 square for RXing.
> >
> > Oh - and the PreStew is coming up in about 10 days!!!
> >
> > Tree N6TR/7
> > Hillsboro, OR
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