Topband: 3D2 on 160m

[Garry Shapiro]

Nick:

That antenna, I believe, was the intended 80m antenna. The last thing I heard
from Hrane before he left Serbia was that he would "try" to connect a droop wire
to it and use it on 160. I had argued that any vertical would outperform the
inverted vee he had planned to use on 160.

The postings on OH2AQ have suggested---at least to me---- that they were indeed
on both bands at once. And it has been reported that they have two verticals.
Nenad's news update on his web page suggests that one may be mounted on the
rusted hulk of a wrecked maru out in the lagoon.

Date: 10/9/2001 Time: 3:40:20 PM +01.00
                   Work on 80 and 160m is o-kay. They have 2 stations separated
                   each other 150mtrs and vertical antennas. They are also using
old
                   scelets of wrecked ships in a water as perfect ground system.
The
                   only problem is lack of power, so the signals are weak.
Please be
                   patient and try few times to work them.


I remember that hulk, as we waded out to it one day, near the end of our 1995
trip.

The other message from Nenad is:

Date: 10/9/2001 Time: 3:42:18 PM +01.00
                   Latest news is that they will probably extend the work untill
12.10.
                   if the weather situation permits. Lot of thundersrtucks were
heard
                   from YA.

The good news is that it is 0749Z on the 10th, and they are still QRV, so it
appears that they are not leaving just yet.

That URL is:

http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2/vesti/index.asp


Garry, NI6T


Nick wrote:

> 1. As described by one of the operators on Conway, the antenna used for
> 160/80m is 12 meters high "spaghetti-style" vertical with loading coil at
> the bottom
>
> 2.So far no simultaneous operation on 80 and 160 noticed from over here,
> actually no
> copy at all on 160m in Sydney, VK2. (599++ on 80m)
>
> Nick, VK2ICV / VK9LX
>
> >Also mysterious was their simultaneous appearance this morning around 1045Z
> on 3795 and 1822.  The 75M operation was clearly uninterrupted (I was
> monitoring) and evidently some operators (not I) heard their signal on 1822
> and W8JI spotted them.  Not possible if they are using a single Titanex for
> the low bands . . .
>
> 73,
> Barry  N1EU
>
> >From: Garry Shapiro <ni6t@intuitive.com>
> >I find it hard to imagine that, as Ivo, 5B4ADA
> >has relayed, a Titanex is in use.
>
> !!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!!!|!!-------
> 0.1    1   10      100     1KW      I        OH        [W]
> (c) vk2icv
>
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