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While not on the same level as Joel, for the first time ever I will remove antennas for the summer. I had planned to pull down the 160 meter pennant which has lived in the front yard since December, and roll up the radials on the 160 meter inverted L. It will be a few days since we are down in W8JI country. I am hoping to cruise by his QTH and hopefully get a peak at whatever he is raising on his farm. Even though 160 meters has beat me like a drum, I’ll miss it.

> On Mar 20, 2025, at 2:41 PM, w5znjoel at gmail.com wrote:
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> Greetings ADXA Folks,
>  
> A nice, 40 degree, “first day of spring” today but it also marks the time I declare the 160 meter season over until late October. Sadly there were no new ones this year unless SV/A counts, otherwise I will be stalled at 291 in my journey to 300. I had hoped the VU4AX crew would have fulfilled their commitment to be on during our very short window from 1200-1230z but they seemed to ignore (intentionally?) NA during the prime and only window and was only on to accommodate EU.
>  
> So I will begin rolling up Beverages and taking down the BSEF-8 160 array tomorrow to make way for hay cutting in a few months. I leave the HiZ-8 160 and YCCC-9 verticals up during the summer as they are not located in a “hay cutting area” but I do remove all of the related electronic components and store them otherwise the lightning would consume them throughout the summer.
>  
> I do not plan to install my Beverages this fall. They are basically “backup” and I have been asked to test two new phased vertical array designs that will be fixed toward EU so the only available area for installation would be impacted by the Beverages. In addition there is also a new HiZ-8 design I’ve been asked to test as well. 30 acres can become crowded when testing full size 160 meter receive arrays!!
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> The only DXpeditions currently scheduled for the 2025-26 season that I need on 160 is 3Y Bouvet and C9 Mozambique. Maybe another one or two will appear so the hunt continues.
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> In the meantime stay alert in case a new one sneaks in then you know what to do…………………..
>  
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> www.w5zn.org
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