[Boatanchors] Ashtabula Bill W8VYZ SK

[Rob Atkinson]

I was just thinking that this morning.  There is a gates rig too far
for me to go get that's an 833 modulated by a pair and I was thinking
that if that rig didn't get it done then the antenna blew down or was
a piece of junk to begin with.
High dipole can make a DX100 sound big.

Rob
K5UJ

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Jim Wilhite <w5jo at brightok.net> wrote:
> Like all old hams he spent a lot of time on antennas.  W5PYT's site had
> so much wire in the air up about 100 ft. that a bird couldn't fly
> without injury for 1/4 mile around the site.  Couple 500 watts with an
> efficient antenna and you have a signal like Bill's.
>
> Jim/W5JO
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>>I don't remember the details of Bill's station except that his
>> transmitter was homebrew. Don't remember what he was using for a
>> receiver. Seems like he was running 500-600 watts.
>>
>> Roger
>> K7DDG
>>
>
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