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SUBJECT: Wire antennas - part 10
Let's wrap this up and start something new or finish something old
like CP antennas. In anycase, the last part of this series is going to
be devoted to wire antennas used on past field days, including all
the laughs and disappointments.
o Field Day 89, Draa Field, Titusville, FL. This was the field day
of the Osprey. Draa field is a shared football field by the two high
schools in Titusville. It has 50 foot tall bleachers, press box, and
six 70 foot high lighting towers made out of cement. They also make
excellent homes for Ospreys and indeed the one tower we needed was
home to a new family of Ospreys. These are no slouch birds mind you
don't take kindly to having a brave amateur climb the rebar ladder
under their babies. We had to draw straws but our best climber got
the job anyhow. What finally was placed up there was apulley system
to raise our 80 inverted Vee. This did rather well and was worth
the effort and much to the dive bombing and crying of the Ospreys.
Too bad it rained the whole weekend. |-( But we did do the best TARC
ever did, 3700 points. Too bad the guy that was suppose to turn in the
points never did.
o Field Day 88, Draa Field, Titusville, FL. On this field day
we used two of the lighting towers and strung out a full wave loop
for 80 meters. Well ... it wasn't quite high enough, and it wasn't
in the right location, and it didn't do well ... really poor ...
it sucked ... and it rained all weekend.
o Field Day 90, Complex 25, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. We
had two wire antennas; a 40m Inverted Vee taken from my tower here
and using the mods I discussed earlier and a 'field day' 80m
'bow tie' antenna. The 40m worked fine and we copped more than 500
points on 40m, but the 80m was dismal. And it rained all weekend.
o Field Day 91, Complex 25, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. We
dumped the bow tie and went with an Inverted Vee for both 80 and 40.
Too bad 80 was so so as we worked only 200 points worth. But we had
no problem reaching the Northeast and the Mississippi area. And it
rained all weekend.
o Field Day 92, Complex 25, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. We
had beams on most bands but the Inverted Vees worked fine again. This
year we doubled our points and scored well in the 4000s working 4A.
Next year they be a 40m yagi in operation. Look for K4FD, Kings
4 Field Day. BTW, it rained all day, ... again.
o Field Day 93: 10m 3e Yagi, 15m 3e Yagi, 20m 3e Yagi, 40m 2e Yagi,
80m Inverted Vee, SAT, PACKET, see you on the air, I'll be on 20m.
-WS