[ADXA] Various DX Stuff

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

I'm fortunate to not have trees. I planned it that way and hear about it 
from Kim frequently.

My north tower, Tower #4, was a Rohn 25 that had a 7x7x7 stack of 6 
meter antennas and an old 3 element triband on it as a "Chase" and 
backup HF antenna. We took down the Rohn 25 and we're replacing it with 
Rohn 45. I'm putting the 7x7x7 stack back up but also moving the 
20/15/10 meter antennas there as well as putting the big 6M9KHW 6 meter 
antenna above the top HF antennas. Obviously, Rohn 25 wouldn't handle 
all of that so I needed more "meat" with new anchors, Phyllistran, etc. 
Its all been sitting in my shop since last September waiting for it to 
stop raining.

Roger and I got the base section all in place last week and the new 
anchors set in concrete and have 30 feet of the new tower up and now 
ready to set the first Ring Rotor then the next section of tower with 
the first set of guys. Just waiting for the concrete in the anchors to 
cure out another day or two before stressing it.

The Rohn 45 that currently has the 20/15/10 antennas on it will become 
home to the new W6NL 40 Meter Moxon Yagi currently under construction.

So many antenna projects, so little time !!!!!!  But at least the WX has 
cooperated!

73 Joel W5ZN




On 2019-03-27 08:22, EJ wrote:
> "major tower project"       What are you and Roger putting up down 
> there?
> 
> My antennas are in a wooded area so performance degrades when 
> everything
> greens up.  Ugh
> 
> EJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:29 AM
> To: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [ADXA] Various DX Stuff
> 
> As the recent flurry of DXPeditions go QRT and the weather is getting 
> warmer
> with a break from the constant rain of the past five months attention 
> begins
> to focus on other activities.
> 
> The 3Y0I crew is very close to Bouvet however they are in the middle of 
> a
> very severe storm. If you are keeping an eye on the GPS tracking of the 
> boat
> you will notice they have turned away from Bouvet. There was a RUMOR, 
> repeat
> RUMOR floating around yesterday that they had turned back.
> In the era of FAKE NEWS even amateur radio is not exempt. The Captain 
> has
> simply turned the boat into the wind/storm and maneuvered around for 
> safety.
> A report from a few hours ago is at:
> 
> http://rebeldxgroup.com/
> 
> With the break in the rain, N5QS and I were finally able to get back to 
> work
> on a major tower project here at W5ZN that we have been trying to 
> restart
> since October 1 that had an originally scheduled completion date of 
> November
> 1!!!! We were even able to get the concrete truck in and out without it
> becoming a permanently buried lawn fixture although there are a few 
> sets of
> ruts in the yard. Those will work out with no trace in a few months 
> though!
> I have all of the ring rotors reconditioned and serviced and ready to 
> go so
> hopefully in the next week or two this project will finally be 
> completed.
> 
> I usually start taking up all of my 160 meter RX antennas around the 
> middle
> to end of March as the 160 meter season comes to an end in the northern
> hemisphere. Since I need Bouvet on 160 they are still out. That is a 
> full
> day job or more to get all of the verticals pulled, coax and control 
> cables
> rolled up and everything stored in the shop for the summer and hay 
> cutting.
> 
> I hope everyone was successful with 5X3C, 5V7EI, XR0ZRC and 7P8LB. If 
> you're
> not ready for Bouvet you still have a few days but don't wait and 
> definitely
> do NOT, NOT, miss this one. The next op from there, if there ever is 
> one,
> will occur after several of us are SK!!!
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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