[AK-VHF] QRT 6m EME

Ed Cole kl7uw at acsalaska.net
Mon Aug 8 15:07:05 EDT 2022


Last night my 40-foot Rohn-45 tower crashed after guy line screw anchor 
pulled out, broke tower leg at concrete base and smashed 6m LFA yagis 
onto ground beyond repair.  Crossboom truss is bent and beyond repair.

I will not restore the 6m EME antennas.  I was clear that eme was 
marginal due to local noise and would require 4x array to be very usable 
on eme in my location.

I will post a picture on: http://www.kl7uw.com/6m.htm

I will concentrate on 2m/23cm/9cm/3cm eme after restoring antennas for 
those bands (2m first).

I still have my old converted KLM 6-element yagi, so that might go up 
for doing sporadic-E/meteor scatter/local contacts.  The 40-foot tower 
looks OK but new base will be needed "if" I want to put it back up. 
Next year project (maybe).

73, Ed - KL7UW
I will probably sell my Harris 1kW amp + 50v PS.


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