I have to say that the results and the performance of the array has even
succeeded the expectations.
It was due to that antenna that we managed to take all the CQWW and CQWPX EU
MM records as ES9C in 2013-2014. Including CQWW RTTY World MM record. The
QSO amounts on 15m supported also by favourable propagation were
unbelievable.
Never before had we been very competitive on 15 or 10m compared to Southern
EU but in CQWW 2013 SSB and CQWPX 2014 SSB the 15m MM QSO figures were:
CQWW SSB 2013 EU MM TOP 5
ES9C 4905
DR1A 2987
II9P 2983
OT5A 2169
LZ9W 2377
CQWPX 2014 SSB World MM TOP 5
ES9C 4329
DR1A 2199
II9P 2747
OT5A 1825
9K2HN 2377
5000 Qs on 15m from ES. Simply amazing. The experiment and effort of putting
something like that up has certainly paid off:)
73
Tonno
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
john@kk9a.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 3:23 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Turnbuckles with Rod Sides
Fantastic news Tonno. It is great to hear that this was an incorrect post
and that the 15m monster is still up and running! So now that you have had
this array up for a while, from a contesting perspective how does it work
for you?
John KK9A
From: "Tonno Vahk" <tonno.vahk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:55:50 +0300
Oh, hold on guys!:) The 15m array is still up and running! Good way to get
those rumors going:) I did lose another 45m rotating tower 2-3 years ago
though due to the turnbuckle failure. The tower went back up last autumn
with new antennas. It was a painful lesson and certainly I am using safety
wires on all my turnbuckles now!
I did learn about the saddling of the dead horse thing and have fixed the
wire rope clips. The only thing that I am probably not doing right is the
distance between wire rope clips on the wire. Given I had quite long ends of
the wire left over I left also half a meter or more between 4 wire rope
clips (the first one right after the thimble).
Is it and why is it crucial to keep the wire rope clip close to each other
on the wire (2" or so)?
73
Tonno
ES5TV
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