[SCCC] N6WS CQWW CW
Bill Shell - N6WS
n6ws at n6ws.com
Mon Nov 25 13:05:41 EST 2019
Bruce,
Ok, this is going to be hard to explain. My QTH is on a sand hill. I
have the antenna mounted on the top of a 4' metal fence post. The
ground radials are just the four 120' radials I had for when it was on
of my 160m antenna. It is also connected to my irrigation system which
which is the top rail on the 200' x 200' fence around my pasture and
corrals. The ground system is also connected to all the now unused
electric fence that goes around the pasture and corrals. I would never
try to figure out how to model the ground system, so I just use the four
radials in my model. :-)
I hope that gives you some insight into my 'radial' configuration.
73, Bill
N6WS
On 11/25/2019 9:28 AM, Bruce Horn wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> What radial configuration are you using with the verticals? Thanks.
>
> 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Shell N6WS" <n6ws at n6ws.com>
> To: "Dennis Vernacchia" <n6ki73 at gmail.com>, "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 9:16:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] N6WS CQWW CW
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> I had two phased Cushcraft MA160V verticals on 160m, and decided to
> change the westerly vertical to 80m. The MA160V is a 36' L and C top
> loaded vertical. All I did was replace the loading coil with one I
> made, and add a bit of shunt L at the base. The 8' top-hat gives it
> pretty good bandwidth. I have a third MA160V that I am making into a
> 60m vertical.
>
> 73, Bill
> N6WS
>
> On 11/24/2019 10:43 PM, Dennis Vernacchia wrote:
>> Bill
>>
>> What kind of vertical did you put up
>>
>> Dennis N6KI
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 10:06 PM Bill Shell <n6ws at n6ws.com
>> <mailto:n6ws at n6ws.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I played around for 7:44 (464 mins). Most of that time was Friday
>> evening and Saturday morning. Darn, I missed zones 3 and 4 on every
>> band. I would have missed zone 5, but VP9I was on with a stronger
>> than
>> usual signal.
>>
>> Here is the breakdown:
>>
>> Band QSOs Pts ZN Cty Pt/Q
>> 1.8 9 24 6 6 2.7
>> 3.5 51 135 19 39 2.6
>> 7 81 225 30 69 2.8
>> 14 40 114 18 35 2.9
>> 21 53 142 18 42 2.7
>> 28 6 18 5 6 3.0
>> Total 240 658 96 197 2.7
>> Score: 192,794
>>
>> FTDX-5000, Expert 2K-FA
>> SteppIR DB36 @ 55ft
>> Verticals on 160m & 80m
>>
>> The new vertical worked quite well on 80m. I will have to work on
>> adding a CW range switching system at the base. Right now, it is
>> tuned
>> for mid-band, so the VSWR was a little high for CW.
>>
>> 73, Bill
>> N6WS
>>
>>
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