[AK-VHF] Preparations for portable operation Sunday as portable from Diamond Ridge (above Homer).

[Brandon Clark]

Hi Ed,

That's great to hear. On Saturday I'll be running the Parks on the Air (portable operating, HF-emphasis) workshop at the MARA hamfest. The workshop goes from 1000-1100, and the location isn't great for VHF/UHF so I may not do contesting that day.

I'll definitely be set up on Sunday though. I'm going to just do a portable entry instead of a rover route. The Glen Alps area above Anchorage should be a straight shot to Diamond Ridge Road, like you mentioned. I'll have a similar setup to yours: portable mast, yagis on 2 M and 70 cm pointed your way.

I may also dismount my 2-element 6 meter yagi from the house and take that as well. With a good location and band activity picking up it might be worth keeping it pointed south to listen on FT8 for a few hours in the afternoon.
73,
Brandon

Brandon Clark, KL7BSC
https://brandonclarklabs.com/

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On Thursday, September 9th, 2021 at 2:25 PM, Ed Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Getting together my antennas and tripod mount for use on Diamond Ridge
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> (BO49) 1100-foot above and north of Homer.
>
> I have an old TV tripod for portable antenna stand.  I uses two 2x6
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> boards in a "T" as a base with concrete block ballast.
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> I will use about 5-foot high aluminum mast and another aluminum pipe as
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> crossboom to hang antennas.
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> 144: is a M2 7-element yagi. 12.3 dBi gain.
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> 432: is 26 element M2 circular pol x-yagi with about 10-dBi vertical
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> gain (13 dBic)
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> 1296: is back half of at 45 loop-yagi (guess about 24 elements for
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> 17-dBi gain)
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> They will be mounted on the crossbom and directed toward Anchorage
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> (Glenn Alps is visible from there over about 150-mile path).
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> I will install my IC9700 in the back seat to plug in existing coax
>
> lines.  IC9700 can operate SSB, FM, or D-star on all bands.
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> 88w on 144, 65w on 432, and 9w on 1296 (measured on my IC9700 in FM with
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> a Bird power meter).
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> I also have a dual-band Alinco 735 mobile into a dual-band whip with 50w
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> on each band.
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> This coming weekend is the Sept. VHFContest starting at 10am (local)
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> Saturday (9-11) and ends 7pm Sunday (9-12).
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> I plan to operate from home on Saturday but realize many will attend the
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> MARA Hamfest on Saturday, so will concentrate operating the contest on
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> Sunday (expect to be operating by 11am on Diamond Ridge).
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> 73, Ed- KL7UW, BP40
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