Topband: 230+ QSLs On LOW Dipole - There's Hope!

[Buck wh7dx]

I got my first confirmation that the low dipole is working and not just transmitting straight up into the air......

Last night my Elmer came over to play around with the CQ CW...

Around 11PM Hawaii Time or 09:00 UTC...

He worked 18 stations in one hour.  (I'm in the process of learning CW).  All over the U.S., Jamaica and Curacao.

K3LR, W8UVZ, K7BG, AJ6T, W0AIH, N6ML, N0IJ, KF4Y, N7AT, K9CT, W7CB, N6MW, W6PH, W3LPL, W5TVN, 6Y3M, K0RF, PJ2T (5824 miles)

The conditions weren't ideal with a few thunderstorms around the islands and A7 / K3.   Not real quiet.

The Array Solutions RF limiter works well with the Yaesu 897D and Beverage Antenna to protect the receiver (S-5 to S+20 or so).   The beverage makes a clear difference.

It looks like we were getting about 500W out of the 811H with the slightly inverted dipole about 30 feet off the ground at the center and 15 on the ends.

Because of the lack of coax.... the beverage is about 30 feet to the side of the low dipole approx. running down about 180ft of the dipole antenna.. and then on for another 420ft etc.

It doesn't seem to cause any problems.

I like tuning the two radios and turning the volume down on the TX while listening on the RX radio.   It's a little more work than using the DX Engineering Auto Switch but it was a simple hook-up and I wasn't even sure if my TX would work??  :-)

I'm pretty sure the 230ft off the ocean with quick drop-off and proximity help.  I'd like to model my antenna's to see.

Thank you guys!    That made my weekend.    Now I can play with this and get my CW going.

Bryan
WH7DX






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