[Lowfer] Off Season Projects

[Ed Phillips]

Les Rayburn wrote:
> 
> This year as taught me an important lesson. You've gotta "train" in the
> off season if you expect to do well come crunch time.
> 
> I neglected antenna maintenance, and continued to add feedlines,
> coax, rotor cables, etc. to my cable run adding TV DXing antennas,
> etc. All of this combined to add noise, RFI, and other problems
> when I returned to LF and MW operation in the winter.
> 
> So, I'm going to plan now for my summer project. I want to relocate
> the 10 foot loop to the far back corner of my yard, away from other
> antennas and noise source. I also plan to bury all coax and control lines
> to reduce noise pickup and feedline radiation.

	In the "good old days" of 200 meter ham operation, the summertime was
reserved for station maintenance and upgrade, because the static made
operation impossible except for local contacts.  Obviously it will be
much worse on VLF, so good luck.

Ed