Oh my!!! You would think I would know that. The PreStew is in THREE DAYS everyone!
Full rules here: http://www.kkn.net/stew/ I will try to get the Summer Stew scores posted before it starts. Tree On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Tim Shoppa <tsho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ahem... Pre-Stew is in THREE days! > > Tim N3QE > > > > On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Tree <t...@kkn.net> wrote: > > > Good day all - thought I would share some more experience I have had with > > loading a tower with a SteppIR on top of it. > > > > As I reported last season - I used a loaded tower at NE7D with a DB-18E > on > > it to work the K1N DX pedition. > > > > Recently - I acquired a MonsterIR and after talking to ZL3IX, I decided > to > > connect the two elements at each end of the boom to the boom. This is > > pretty easy to do - contact me off list if you want more data. > > > > I am happy to report this all seems to be working with no issues to the > > normal operation of the beam. The tower is 77 feet tall and works very > > well with "only" 20 radials on the ground. I will be increasing it to > > about 40 soon. > > > > I also asked SteppIR if they had ever had any customer complain about > > problems associated with loading a tower with one of their antennas on > top > > - and they have not. Of course - it might just mean the ZL3IX, NE7D and > I > > are the only ones who have tried. :-) > > > > I find that the frequency setting for the Monster affects things on 160 > > meters as expected. I can move the low SWR point up and down the band > > some. My nominal setting for 1825 kHz is around 9 MHz. My gamma is > about > > 45 feet high - spaced two feet from the tower. I don't know my exact > gamma > > capacitance - but it equates to about 10 feet of RG8 coax used as a > > capacitor. > > > > See you on the band!! I also put up a Hi-Z 4 square for RXing. > > > > Oh - and the PreStew is coming up in about 10 days!!! > > > > Tree N6TR/7 > > Hillsboro, OR > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband