[AK-VHF] NET: Sat. Jan. 17 - 9am

[Edward R Cole]

At 11:13 PM 1/16/2015, Edward R Cole wrote:
>The net will start at 9am on 144.200 USB.  MY Vpol preamp miracously 
>started working again and I have 150w on the eme array for tomorrow's net.
>
>Jan. 24-25 is the January ARRL VHF Contest so hope a lot of you are 
>thinking to participate.  Rules found on the AK_VHF website: 
>http://www.qsl.net/a/ak-vhf//Contests/
>6m and up CW/SSB/FM/digital all good for the contest (no repeaters 
>or digipeaters).

Good net.

Started with WL7AU - chip replying first.  Seems my Vpol preamp began 
working again then became intermittent like a flaky dc connection so 
I went back to the Hpol preamp for Rx

WL7AU - S9
KL7XJ - S6 and had to activate NR to hear him.
KL6M - S8/9

After I closed Chip called Mike so I checked hearing on Vpol and KL6M 
rose to S9+20 and Chip to S9+5 showing crosspol loss heard 
earlier.  I'll lower the array in a day or so and make some checks to 
see if I can find a loose connection.

Today, I climbed tower#2 and put up my 436CP42UG (16.6 dBic) 
satellite x-yagi (18-foot boom with 21 elements per pol).  Its only 
23 foot up as I didn't feel good climbing higher.  I have to take the 
coax to 40-feet to connect it to the TR relay and 432 preamp (Maybe 
Sunday if wx is good).  The 432 TR relay seems flaky as preamp does 
not always restore after transmit, but I'm not going to replace it if 
SWR is good in Tx.  Next summer I will either move the satellite 
antenna to 45-feet or put up a new 432 yagi and put the satellite 
yagi back on the satellite tower.  The 11-element 432 yagi at 58-feet 
has some kind of fault causing high SWR so am not relying on use of it.

See everyone next Sat. on 144.200 at 9am followed by start of the VHF 
Contest at 10am.


73, Ed - KL7UW
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