[SCCC] N6WS CQWW CW

[Bill Shell - N6WS]

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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