[SCCC] Prep for CQWW

[Michael Tope]

Hey Kurt,

I went to school with Steve N8SM/WD8IXE at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio. 
He was a few years ahead of me in the EE program there. I am not 
surprised that you couldn't squeeze any more performance out of one of 
his designs. Steve was a really talented antenna engineer and a fierce 
competitor.  I am sad every time I think about what happened to him. I 
am sure he would be proud to know that you were using one of his designs 
and that it was "kicking butt".

Good luck this weekend with your operation. Unfortunately, due to 
circumstances beyond my control I'll probably be stuck down here in the 
black hole that is my home QTH in Tujunga.

73, Mike W4EF/6 (ex KD8NS).............

On 11/25/2010 8:50 AM, W6ph at aol.com wrote:
> Conditions were a little weaker this morning on 40m LP but A71BX answered
> my CQ with
> a big signal at 15 UTC.  They will be active in CQWW as A73A.
>
> But the upper bands showed some life.  My report yesterday may have been
> more lack
> of activity rather than low propagation.  Southern Europe was coming
> through on 15m at
> 8 am local time.
>
> Someone asked about my 15m WD8IXE beam.  (WD8IXE became N8SM and died a
> few years back from a tower accident.)  I can't remember where I got the
> dimensions
> but it has gain equal to a PV4 (same boom length) but much better band
> width.  I
> have tried to "maximize" the design but keep coming back to the original
> dimensions.
> It seems to play well.  ZL8X was barely audible off the back and was S9+
> when I
> rotated the antenna to the southwest.
>
> Have a good Thanksgiving and don't eat too much.
>
>                                           73, Kurt, W6PH
>
>
>
>
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