[600MRG] My TXing experience on 630m

[Ed Cole]

Neil,

Impressive with 1mw!

My 80/40m dipole was pulled down when my 40-foot tower crashed in August 
(It held two 7-element 6m yagis).

Time got away from me before snow fell on Oct.26 making lawn unusable 
with a man-lift to raise wires.  Also did not get ground radial wires lain.

Might get a pulley & haul rope installed at 40-foot, if I can get tower 
climbers to raise some VHF & UHF antennas.  I still have my 10-inch 
diameter loading coil from when I had a 43 by 120 -foot Inv-L.  New 
antenna will be 40-foot vertical-Tee, with dipoles acting as top-hat 
loads.  Will be about the same amount of wire as the Inv-L.  I estimate 
4w EIRP.

73 & HNY, Ed - KL7UW

On 1/9/2023 9:18 AM, Neil Klagge wrote:
> Hi all, from Neil Klagge, w0yse
> 
> I have been gratified on the success of my recent transmissions on 
> 630m.  I never thought I would be able to TX on the band after moving to 
> my present location which is an HOA community. Our 'land' is only the 
> ground under our condo pad and the inside walls, etc. We have NO yard, 
> and there are NO trees available for a stealth wire.  I have put up a 
> wire over the peak of one edge of our roof. I call it my 'Inverted LV' 
> because the wire is fed at ground level, goes up 10 feet to the lower 
> edge of the roof. Then, the top wire of 30 feet goes up and over an 18ft 
> peak and down the other side.
> 
> My loading coil is wound on a one-inch PVC pipe and is about 1 foot long 
> with a core of ferrite rods, a suggestion I got from Rik, ON7YD.
> 
> So far my WSPR beacon has been decoded in New Mexico by KM5SW at 480 
> miles and in Arizona by W7LUX at 405 miles.  My CW beacon was heard near 
> Atlanta Georgia by Tom, W8JI who has some very long beverages. Tom is 
> 1630 miles from my QTH.
> 
> The power into the coax is about 5 watts. My estimated EIRP is about 1 
> milliwatt, much of that being absorbed by the roof shingles. It seems 
> impossible that I should be heard at all.
> 
> So, for all those out there with severe limitations, IT IS POSSIBLE to 
> TX on 630m. I hope my experience has stirred up some hope and interest 
> for this band.
> 
> 73, and thanks for the 'bandwidth'
> 
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