from VE9AA Mike in NB
To list admin W4zv/Bob:(Thanks for copying my peanut-whistle "mobile" signal
tonight.)
To the gang:
As it was an unusually warm day here today I played outside putting
the HF whip back on the car. A Webster Bandspanner (10m-80m)
coil loaded antenna that's as old or
older than I am (33). I thought "what if".........."nah"...., then
"what the heck"......I added a 70' chunk of wire onto the top of the
antenna to resonate it down on 160m. It's about 5-6' off the ground
running to a small tree up the driveway. Was able to clearly hear a
few Europeans and Pj9jt, and also work a few guys in Ve1 and VE3
as well as 2 East Coast boys quite easily w/ no repeats.(w4zv,w2bg)
While tuning 160m tonight , trolling for rare Dx, I rolled up 80' of
wire onto an ice cream container and may try to mount it tmw on the
car. Not sure if a large wire capacity hat is in the cards or not,
but may try that too if the WX holds.
Look for us in the contest using this setup. ( I'M KIDDING ! )
Does anyone run 160m mobile successfully that's on this list?
I know W1BB did for years on AM & CW but am interested in learning
more about peoples antenna ideas and maybe what DX they were able to
work.
I know this isn't a real "hot n' spicy" topic, but it's gotta be more
interesting than a lot of the griping on the other reflectors :-)
I'll be at VE1PZ/Doug's/Nova Scotia/ for the cqww160m ssb test. Call us!
-MIKE
Michael & Coreen Smith
271 Smith Rd, Waterville
Sunbury Co, NB, E2V 3V6
Canada
****new email address*****
ve9aa@brunnet.net
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