[WVDXA] The Further Antenna Adventures of W8TN

[Philip M. Roberts]

Way to go Clark. I can use some of those countries myself !!

Just proves what I have thought for quite a while. It is hard to keep 
the Clarkster down.

Hey, what is the size of the tuning Cap ?

Phil






At 08:53 PM 11/25/2007, you wrote:

>They say that the performance of an antenna is directly proportional to
>the amount of suffering you go through to get it set up.
>
>Congratulations!
>
>73 Rip K3XO
>
>W8TN - Clark wrote:
> > Well, as a couple of you know, I busted my tail this week to try and
> > get up a 160-M Inverted "L" antenna for the CQ Contest this weekend.
> > I spent the Phone contest on 80-M but with only the 80-M antenna
> > currently up, I thought I'd like to give 160-M a try during the CW
> > weekend.
> >
> > Pictures describing the antenna construction can be found here:
> > <http://w8tn.com/Gallery/Tower>  Begin with the second photo with the
> > text "19 November I gathered the materials . . ."
> >
> > What is NOT shown there is the PAIN I suffered.  It took three trips
> > up the tower, staying on the tower one night till 45 minutes after
> > sundown, and an uncounted number of trips through the woods behind my
> > house.  Working by myself caused me to have to come up with some
> > inventive ways to do the project.  All this resulted in many bruises,
> > scrapes, abrasions, and a pulled muscle in my side which has caused me
> > the biggest problem.  Why is it that little projects like this cause
> > so much trouble when you are nearly 60 years old?
><snip>
> >
> > New countries worked (that I had never worked before on 160-M were:
> > CN, CM, PJ5, VE (Yep, never worked Canada before), HR, J3, KV4, EA, SV
> > (Zone 20 !), FJ/FS, 3X, G, SM, OM, ZF, SP, OK, XE, V4, HC8, YN, GW,
> > FM, 6Y, YS, VP2M, EA6, V2, and, LX.  NEW Zones were: 33, 20, 02, 35,
> > 15, 06, and 10.
> >
> > I
>
>
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