[bars] Notes from ARRL VHF contest

[Tim KC1RET]

Our deck isn't quite big enough for me to get a good shot.  At the very 
top of the image is the 11el 2M yagi, below it is the 4el 6M 
'Frakenbeam'.  The pole is ~10ft high plus about 5ft of 1.5inch Sched40 
PVC pipe above the rotor.  The pole is mounted to an old non-penetrating 
roof mount designed for a small VSAT (satellite) antenna.

73,

Tim - KC1RET

On 6/14/2023 9:17, Joanne Dolan wrote:
> Nori, what’s the unit on the stool?
> Tim, can you send a picture of your antenna setup?
> Thank you both for sharing!
> 73,
> Joanne
> KC1NMX
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jun 13, 2023, at 9:49 PM, Nori Kajita <nkajita at outlook.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Tim,
>>
>> Thank you for your report and summary. I enjoyed it as well. I 
>> planned to make a home drew antenna for 6M. But unfortunately, 
>> Glassfiber fishing rod I planned to use as pole did not come on time, 
>> so I just use paracord and speaker wire and make kind of 1 λ loop 
>> antenna. I attach a photo of antenna how I set up. I set up this 
>> antenna on my deck which is only 9 feet from ground. It's very simple 
>> but the antenna works just fine and able to QSO to one of west coast 
>> station with FT8. I never work other than FT8 yet on 6M, so I will 
>> try other mode as well on September!
>>
>> 73,
>> Nori - AA1NK
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>> *From:* bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> on behalf of Tim KC1RET 
>> <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 13, 2023 12:16
>> *To:* w1hh <bars at w1hh.org>
>> *Subject:* [bars] Notes from ARRL VHF contest
>> My station is solidly in the 'little pistol' category. I have a 4el 
>> 6M + 11el 2M + rotor mounted on top of a 10 foot pole mast on my 
>> deck. I manage about 100W on 6M and only 50 on 2. It was also my 
>> first attempt at SO2R and it was a bit bumpy. Idid find it valuable 
>> to monitor two bands at the same time, but my software setup (N1MM + 
>> JTAlert) isn't 100% yet.
>> I was only able to operate on Sunday for about 12hrs so my score is 
>> quite modest. I heard very little in the way of SSB here - I only 
>> managed a handful of phone contacts. FT8 was the most productive for 
>> me, by far. I managed ~90 Qs in over 30 grids. My highlight QSO was 
>> W1FET/MM in FL66.
>> Lessons for next time:
>> - Sort out the software! I duped several stations because N1MM wasn't 
>> getting the call from WSJT-X. It did log it fine, just didn't 
>> populate the active call window and therefore didn't show dupes 
>> correctly.
>> - Remember to check the FM segments
>> - Pay more attention to the spots.
>> - Finish the build of 2 & 6M LNAs.
>> - Add 432 (222?) to the mix.
>> I did enjoy it very much -- I look forward to improving for September!
>> -- 
>>
>> Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that /includes/ a headphone 
>> jack.
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