[NCARC] Joy Joy Joy!

Wed, 2 Jul 2003 09:32:45 -0600

And, it is coveraging well at my home south of Berthoud in a low profile 
location. With my dual band J-Pole at about 15 ft it is more than 
adequate to work through. With the Ringo on the tower at 50 ft, it is full- 
scale.  

Looking good here.  

Ron - W0OSK  

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From:           	"Steve Henry" <[email protected]>
To:             	"'Ed Gage'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject:        	RE: [NCARC] Joy Joy Joy!
Date sent:      	Tue, 1 Jul 2003 21:50:03 -0600

> It's working great!  I can hit the 25/85 repeater full quieting from my
> home near Rocky Mountain High School (Shields & Swallow) in Fort Collins---
> 5W to a 3 element beam pointed that direction.  Good job to you (and to
> OJ).
> 
> -Steve Henry
> N7GN
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]  On
> Behalf Of Ed Gage Sent:	Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:00 AM
> To:	[email protected] Subject:	[NCARC] Joy Joy Joy!
> 
> Taking all the suggestions to mind, I examined cables.  During some
> switching back and forth of outside antennas, the connector for the high
> antenna actually "twisted" on the coax.  Deeming this to be something bad,
> I removed the end, and replaced it with another better-quality end. 
> Problem solved!  No more noise!
> 
> Somehow, that bad end was doing my desense.  As K0OJ suspected from the
> start, it was a case of bad cabling.
> 
> I have an extra run of hardline (thanks, Mike, N7MR) that I can put up in
> place of the coax to make things even better.  I assume that if I put new
> ends on this one, the club could pick up the tab.  If I do it right, I can
> run the hardline right into the cans, for optimal performance.  THEN whatch
> this baby sing.
> 
> Anyway, let's hear some more signal reports.  Thanks all, for help,
> suggestions, and the prospects of equipment loans.  (I still have your name
> on file, Bob Scheib: WA0EYJ = Spec Analyzer.)
> 
> Talk it up!
> -Ed
> 
> 
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