[HCARC] HF Antenna

[Harvey N. Vordenbaum]

There was a little short skip opening on 6 this morning, but I had to go
help with the VE exam session.  So I only worked a couple of stations.
Have fun........
K5hv

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 7:13 PM
To: HCARC
Subject: [HCARC] HF Antenna

I want to say thank you to Curtis (AD5UZ) for coming over this morning and
helping to get my Alpha Delta DX-CC antenna backup. With his expertise in
rebuilding the center conductor of the antenna is now even better than what
the factory made. It is working fantastic. After the antenna got put back in
the air, we tried all the bands with the automatic antenna tuner on mine new
Kenwood ts-590s the SWR is great. Curtis went on 6 meters on the call
frequency called out CQ and the person that came back to us was Bill W3XO/5
and he had a good signal report over to my QTH so Bill thank you very much
for coming back on the CQ. It is great to be back on HF again. Now I got to
learn what all this radio is capable of doing it is so much more advanced
than my Kenwood ts-450s but it is going to be a lot of fun. Also weather
wise he could not have been more perfect to do antenna work this is a rarity
for me the weather the antenna going back up permanently could not have
worked out so perf  ect. Also good news for me the HF and 2 meter, RF does
not get into my new weather station so that's a big plus for me. Earlier I
was on 20 meter and I heard New Hampshire QSO party calling CQ on frequency
and he was about S-5 on my meter and I thought I'd just take a chance and
went back to him and I was delightfully surprised he came back to me of
course he gave me a 5x9. It's been a long time, and now I know that this
antenna was not working properly far a lone time. So I feel I've got a
brand-new old antenna. So again many thanks to Curtis with this patient's
and lots of smiles and good fellowship it has been a long time. And again
Bill many thanks and been my first contact on 6 meters. I've been off too
long. Now this is where the fun is going to begin.

73,
WD5ENH
Steve
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