[SECC] Station Improvements

[Daniel L. Jeswald]

Hey Bill,

I have been there before.  This is not my first HF yagi setup..hi.  But due 
to circumstances I just haven't been in ham paradise much.  Looking forward 
to it.

Dan/W4NTI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net>
To: "Daniel L. Jeswald" <w4nti at mindspring.com>
Cc: "secc" <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [SECC] Station Improvements


>
> On Jan 5, 2005, at 5:35 AM, Daniel L. Jeswald wrote:
>
>> Good show Bill.  Those radials will make a difference.
>
> Couldn't believe it. Last night, I busted a pileup on PZ5RA on 75m phone, 
> calling when he turned it back to USA/Canada. And this with just 100 
> watts.
>
> Maybe it's not the antenna, maybe I just have good timing....
>
>> Which means the tower and beam will be going up reasonably soon.  So will 
>> finally be off the wires.
>>
>> Just putting up a TA-33SR to start with.
>
> I spent 7 years at this QTH on a vertical and wires before I got the tower 
> up. I'm just amazed at the difference it makes to have even a small 
> tribander. It's a bigger shift to go from a vertical to a tribander at 50 
> feet than it is to go from the tribander to a station like NQ4I's.
>
> Although N4LR manages to do a great job with just wires. I think Gordon 
> has some tall trees to work with.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
>
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