TopBand: ZS8IR

[gtaft]

Spoke to Chris, ZS8IR today on 20M long path.  He will continue to be on 
160 M as often as he can now and will continue to use 1822 QSX up.  Says 
he usually starts arnd 03Z but copy here has been from 0330Z on thru and 
after his sunrise.

Has worked 330 stations on top band now, including recent first contacts 
with VK6 and JA.  He will be QRV till the changeover ship picks them up 
in early May.

He's using the base of a broken Battle Creek special vertical, together 
with wire to make a 5/16 wvl inverted L hung from one of the commerical 
rhombic towers.  Unfortunately, the feedline of 300 foot of coax may have 
 some moisture in it and it limits his power out to 200 w.  The 
changeover ship, which usually arrives and stays for a couple of weeks 
will bring a new tuner (and hopefully some new feedline) for Chris to try 
tuning the rhombics for top band etc for his last couple of weeks.

He really don't a great job putting Marion in a log of low band logs - 
congrats!

73  George  W8UVZ

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