Topband: XU7ACY Feb 2004

[Peter]

       I'll be at Hiroo's shack in Sihanoukville,Cambodia the first week of Feb.2004 concentrating on 160 meters.Guess there is a few guys who still need this one on 160 !Looking for any input to help make this a reality in your logbook.Looks like he has 2 roof mounted towers,20 and 17 meters high above the ground.I'm planning to constuct an Inverted "L" fed at the ground level w/tuned elevated radials if possible.Problem is the hotel is in the way to get all 4 directions with the radials but I have modeled it in 3 directions and it looks ok.Dick,N6FF,is there right now and he claims it is a very quite location so receive antennas are not necessary.I plan to bring my pennant and beverage stuff just in case.I am curious about what direction to aim these rx antennas for east-west coast paths from there.I will be using Hiroo's TS690D at about 600 watts output.Any and all comments welcome to help make this a success.Peter,NO2R   p.pellack at verizon.net