[VHFcontesting] Tuesday 222 Night --- Antennas work is done . I think I'll be there.

[David Olean]

Hi Dave

Well those 222 yagis look nice out there all by themselves. It will be 
interesting to see if we can get a hint of improvement on the222 band. 
At 570 miles, that is a long haul, but I was sure that we could have 
some success. It is just beyond the reliable range if you assume a zero 
degree horizon angle. Obviously the path loss is great as we can work 
via the Moon, but not direct! That puts things in perspective. 255 dB of 
path loss is nothing to sneeze at.

We should try some Q65 skeds tonite. Maybe Good Buddy Ron can offer some 
comments too, as he has better luck working you at 417 miles.  I will be 
on with the tube amp at 1500 watts and all four yagis percolating 
starting just before 2300 UT. I have been busy at the shack. I rewired 
my solar wiring and moved stuff around to accommodate my new Genstar  
solar charge controller. They all bolt to the wall.  I also fixed a few 
programming issues with the older controller,  and now both the old and 
new controllers are charging the battery together.  I have 1500 watts of 
12 volt charging power now. That is 115 amps at 13 volts.  I was seeing 
30 amps of charging current in the rain with clouds.

So I will look for you this evening. Good luck and FB on the 
repositioning. That is an impressive installation. Wow!!

73

Dave K1WHS

On 6/6/2023 4:59 AM, k3sk at buckwalter.co wrote:
> It took a lot longer than I had anticipated and I ran into several issues,
> but I managed to get my antenna array reconfigured.   I plan on being on 222
> Tuesday evening to test out the reconfigured antennas.
>
> You can see the whole array at this link ---
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xGRfkY9Hi6gHUogF_sL_PpZ3LmUDZdGY/view?usp=s
> haring
>
> If you do Facebook,  check out my K3SK page where I documented the painful
> details.
>
> Dave Buckwalter
> K3SK FM07
> Farmville VA
>
>
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