[NLRS] 6M operations at KTCA

[Doug Reed]

Now that you mention it, I do remember that comment about the down tilt 
in the antenna..... That would have to effect the skip a bit....

73, Doug.

Clair J. Robinson wrote:
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> Donn Baker - WA2VOI/0 wrote:
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>> Kent, WA5VJB, had a similar opprotunity in Dallas/Ft. Worth a couple 
>> of years ago.  They built a new Ch 2 station with antennas at the 
>> 1800' level.  The transmitter was delayed by several months so Kent 
>> and gang had a reasonably good 6m antenna for that time.  I'm pretty 
>> sure they ended up with two or three cavitys (cavities ?) to keep the 
>> other stuff out of the receiver and transmitter.  They measured (with 
>> a Bird wattmeter) about 8 watts coming back down the coax from the 
>> other stations on the tower.
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>> It was apparently well worth the time and effort spent in getting it 
>> working.  They had lots of fun.  We can ask him what they actually 
>> had to do... it might save some time and effort here.
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>> 73 Donn
>> WA2VOI/0
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> I recall that Kent related that the antenna really sucked for Es due 
> to the look down angle used to fill in the local area rather than 
> shoot all the power at the horizon. He said that they could work 
> mobiles a long way off, though.
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> 73, CJ K0CJ
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