[AK-VHF] Antenna Testing Tomorrow

[Ed Cole]

Brandon,

I'm usually up by (or before) 8am.  I can give you tests on 2m & 70cm 
(1296 not tested or connected as yet).

I moved my Cushcraft ARX-270 dual-band vertical, today.  It was on the 
SE end of the house at 14 foot.  I took the top 20-foot of a 10m J-pole 
(1.5 inch aluminum pipe) and installed it on top of my ten foot Rohn-25 
tower (which was originally intended for satellite antennas).  The tower 
is about 2-foot below grade and mast is about 3-foot inside the tower so 
antenna base is now 25-foot above ground on the NE end of the house.  
Coax is a bit longer than before. Antenna is 17-foot long.

147.33 repeater comes in at S8 and 147.30 at S7.5 (maybe a tad better); 
146.94 is S9.   Homer (146.91) is S3 which seems lower than before.  
Hoping simplex contacts are stronger with Anchorage.

73, Ed - KL7UW

On 9/5/2021 3:56 PM, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I'm putting up the last of my new VHF/UHF antennas, and was wondering if anyone will be near a radio tomorrow morning? I was hoping to do some simplex testing around 8-ish or so.
>
> Bands: 2 M, 70 cm, and 23 cm, all vertical polarization. 6M also if you're horizontally polarized.
> 73,
>
> Brandon
>
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