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W8TN's Ramblings: August 2015
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Saturday, August 29, 2015. Tempory Installation of the 8-L 6-M InnovAntenna LFA-2. Once the antenna was tuned and moved to my QTH, it was time to stick it up and see if I could hear any signals from the Moon! I'm sure my neighbor's think I've gone completely off the rails (my wife is SURE of it) but I think this looks really cool in the front yard. Below is the important portion of his email report for that day:. My little single antenna 6-M station was actually heard in Micronesia! I have now taken down...
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W8TN's Ramblings: Preparing for the SteppIR Antenna Repair
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. Preparing for the SteppIR Antenna Repair. I wrote first part of this post nearly TWO YEARS ago but did not publish it for some reason. It's hard to believe that it's been that long that I have been "preparing" to take down and repair the SteppIR! Previously unpublished info follows = = =. Weed-eating to Clear the Work Area. The first thing I did was to trim around the tower and blow off the leaves and junk that had accumulated there. I carefully pulled up the excess cables so ...
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W8TN's Ramblings: July 2014
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Sunday, July 20, 2014. Logger32 Country Database Exceptions from ClubLog. It will show you how many exceptions have been downloaded when it has completed (and the progress bar has moved across the top of your screen.). This process removed that error. Once you have done the entire logbook (and recalculated your statistics) you can set it to Automatically Update your log (Updates Country database exceptions from Clublog Enable auto updates.) The update will then automatically update daily. This is another...
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W8TN's Ramblings: Building an FM Broadcast Radio
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Building an FM Broadcast Radio. Today was an overcast, rainy and foggy day. Rather unusual for August. So, it was a great day to stay inside and build a radio (or TWO! On Wednesday we used the trailer to get 720 pounds of rocks to edge the landscaping and the 4-wheeler/yard cart was used again. The boys really did a LOT of heavy work on those days so they deserved a day off. However, I just KNEW that would NOT apply to these guys - and I was right. On the Left above you can see ...
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W8TN's Ramblings: Amateur Equipment Inventory
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Monday, January 20, 2014. The ARRL Contest Update. For January 15, 2014, included a suggestion from the Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club's Cheese Bits. We are all getting older, that's a given. And, for the most part, we have a considerable inventory of ham radio related products. But, how many of us actually have this inventory written down? Now go start this BASIC and SIMPLE inventory list TODAY! You can work on it as time is available but at least START it TODAY! See above a Screen Shot of my beginning effort.
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W8TN's Ramblings: Building the InnovAntennas 8-L 6-M LFA-2 Yagi
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Building the InnovAntennas 8-L 6-M LFA-2 Yagi. The Van is Packed. Once I had the new dimension chart, I felt much more comfortable beginning to assemble the antenna. On Thursday, the CREW began work about 10:30 am (to give Tim a chance to get some sleep! End of Day 2. We finished Day 2 of the Antenna Build with all the elements square to the boom and perfectly horizontal (super easy to do on a square boom! UPDATE - - -. Tower Climber - Grant. I had acquired a new "Jubilee" clip...
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W8TN's Ramblings: New 160-M Inverted-L Installed
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Thursday, November 7, 2013. New 160-M Inverted-L Installed. Since pretty much all the WVDXA members who are on 160-M have now worked K9W on Wake Island, I felt the pressure to snag a Top-Band QSO for myself. After my success with the 40-M antenna yesterday, I felt that today was the day to put up an Inverted-L for 160-M. Now, bring on T33A on Top-Band. I'm a "Happy Camper". To be back on Top-Band. Thanks, Tim! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Clark Stewart, Hurricane, WV, United States. The Old Man on...
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W8TN's Ramblings: March 2015
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Saturday, March 7, 2015. Logger32 - Last Upload to LoTW ToolTip. Logger32 Version 3.50.107 has added a very cool feature to this logging program. Here is the Release Note describing the feature:. Version 3.50.107. ToolTip added to the DX Spot Window and BandMaps to show date of last LoTW upload by the DX Station. In order for this feature to work, you MUST download LoTW data from a site that contains the date data. Here is one that has been suggested:. Http:/ wd5eae.org/LoTW Data.txt. In the Bandmap wind...
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W8TN's Ramblings: New 40-M Wire Vertical Installed
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Thursday, November 7, 2013. New 40-M Wire Vertical Installed. The photo on the left above shows the RF Choke which is about 21 feet of coax wound on a 6-inch form - about 12 turns. It is about 3-1/2 feet from the feedpoint of the antenna. It is marked "Coil" in the photo of the tower. Obviously the antenna does get out as I only had to call twice to work him (at 43 minutes past my SR.). Here are some spot checks of the SWR:. 7000 - 2.25:1 7.100 - 1.61:1 7.200 - 1.59:1. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
