[Fourlanders] 6M Grid Gap, Pt II

[Jim Worsham]

Please take a picture of that before you take it down and share it with us
all!  Kos and his wooden closet rod mast!  Last time I believe that Bob had
some 5 or 10 foot lengths of TV mast and used some sort of clamp arrangement
to attach the antennas.  Bob and/or Ron should be able to help you with
that.

 

73

Jim, W4KXY

 

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart
you are.  If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.

Richard P. Feynman

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From: skos at bellsouth.net [mailto:skos at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:30 PM
To: wa4kxy at bellsouth.net; fourlanders at contesting.com
Cc: Jim Worsham
Subject: RE: [Fourlanders] 6M Grid Gap, Pt II

 

OK, sounds like a plan. I'll get another one and get them rigged. Right now
I have this one atop a 12' wooden closet rod stuck onto a tripod on the roof
(don't ask - it's all I had that saturday afternoon, and I'd like to think I
had been saving that piece for some important purpose). I should probably
devise something a little bit more in line with our reputation for the
mountain in case we have visitors.

 

I can't remember - how did we mount the halos when we tried this in Part I?

 

Kos, N4NIA

-------------- Original message from "Jim Worsham" <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net>:
-------------- 


> I was assuming that we would use the stacked Halos that Ron had and we 
> melted in September but I haven't had a chance to ask him if he is going
to 
> be able to get those fixed in time. I am Ok with using a pair of M2 loops 
> instead if you are OK with getting it all together including a way to
mount 
> it to the trailer. I think Bob and/or Ron can help you with the trailer 
> mounting. You will be absolutely amazed when you find out what you can
work 
> on 6 with one of those loops and 100 Watts when the band is open. The 
> secret is to be there when the band opens so keep listening and calling
CQ. 
> I know some serious 6 meter operators who carry baby monitors around with 
> them so they can listen to 50.125 while doing stuff around the house. 
> 
> 73 
> Jim, W4KXY 
> 
> It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how
smart 
> you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong. 
> Richard P. Feynman 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
skos at bellsouth.net 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:10 PM 
> To: fourlanders at contesting.com 
> Subject: [Fourlanders] 6M Grid Gap, Pt II 
> 
> Not having the time to mess with trying to build a squalo for 6M, I picked

> up an M2 HO Loop and put it up on Saturday. Called CQ with it four times
in 
> the course of the afternoon and from Snellville worked five stations from 
> Macon in the south, to mid-Tennessee in the north, Monroe to the east, and

> Carrollton to the west. Used the FT-847 with 100W into questionable coax. 
> I'm going to play around with it some more and see how it performs, 
> particularly if I can hit an opening and work beyond the neighborhood. 
> 
> I'm thinking of picking up one more to stack them, as this will probably
be 
> my sole 6M antenna until I can get my tower up. Stacked, they're supposed
to 
> be able to handle full legal power, so I'm thinking it should be pretty
easy 
> for me to take them down and bring them to the mountain if we want to pick

> up on trying an alternative to the 6M beams to try to fill in some of
those 
> close-in grid squares we're hopping over right now. 
> 
> Is this something you guys would like to try? If so, I'll prioritize
getting 
> the second antenna and putting together an appropriate mast that we can
use. 
> 
> Kos, N4NIA 
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