[ADXA] rotator solution

[Jay Bromley]

Hi Dennis,
The big buzz says they think there could be F layer openings lasting for
weeks this fall.  So I would get that beam up if possible!  Probably some
of the best conditions we will see in our lifetime?  73 de jay/w5jay..

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 9:57 PM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Boring alert - this isn’t interesting to anyone but me…..   My VHF rotator
> quit turning and it was a cable problem.  I didn’t look forward to finding
> the break because the cable goes through a tunnel made of plastic gutters,
> and then underground.   When I started looking at it, it took about 5
> seconds to see where the jacket was cut, right outside the window at ground
> level.   It was probably a weedeater incident.   Anyway, it’s fixed now
> except for reinstalling the motor.
>
> It’s a little late in the year to put the 6M yagi back up but that’s
> probably what I’ll do.  With high sunspot numbers, I wonder if we’ll have
> any F2 on 6M this fall and winter.   2M isn’t very exciting.   There is
> very little CW or SSB activity, and I can easily work the same dozen or so
> stations out to <>400 miles most mornings on FT8.   I don’t plan to put 432
> back up either, at least for now
>
> Just got Jarvis on 17M CW - not many callers.  Didn’t hear him well enough
> on 12 CW to call.
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
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