[AK-VHF] Checking In

[Edward R Cole]

Brandon,

Thanks for the update.  New location with antennas on roof of 
two-story bldg should work well.  Good chance the Diamond dual-band 
vertical will have sufficient gain with 100w to work down here in the 
Kenai area.  The yagis will work even better.  The 6m dipole is  not 
very directional so will probably not need rotation and work me when 
I have my dual-seven element 6m yagis functional.  It will work when 
6m opens for sporatic-E or Aurora.

I guess with an antenna tuner the off-center fed dipole should work 
(never used one; always just cut standard dipoles).

GL with the CW study/practise and pending license upgrade!

I am in midst of rearranging my ham shack.  Redesigned my radio 
shelving and move stuff around for shorter cable runs.  Now in the 
process of setting equipment back up and running 
wiring/cables.  Gonna take a few days for that.

Lots of projects lined up when ground clears of snow.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 02:15 PM 4/16/2020, Brandon Clark wrote:
>Hello group,
>
>It's been pretty quiet lately with the quasi-lockdown, but I thought I
>would send out a CQ and see how everyone is doing. I hope you are all
>weathering the "new normal" and staying healthy.
>
>On my end it's been pretty busy for a "lockdown". I've moved to a 2-story
>place in Anchorage by Arctic and 76th. That means antenna plans!
>
>I am looking at setting up an omnidirectional vertical for 2 M and 70 cm. I
>am also going to build a yagi stack on a rotator: vertical beams for 2 M
>and 70 cm, with a horizontal dipole for 6 M. 220 MHz capability will come
>later this year. For HF I'll be setting up an off-center-fed dipole along
>the roof line.
>
>I also finally set myself to learn CW. Activating for Summits on the Air
>using FT8 was a success, but it never hurts to have another high efficiency
>mode available. I have an app on my phone that provides exercises based on
>the Koch method, and am slowly learning. I also picked up a very used j-38
>key on eBay for $25. It's ugly, but works. With a little metal polish and
>new washers it should be good as new very shortly.
>
>What about the group? Any other good ham radio projects happening out there?
>73,
>Brandon
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73, Ed - KL7UW
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