[NLRS] KM0T Update July 2026

[scsueepe at mtcnet.net]

Hi all,

 

The week before July 4th, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we experienced high
winds and lots got destroyed here again at ARS KM0T.  Mostly the HF stuff I
spent building back the last 6 months all got trashed..  Large multiband HF
yagi, 40/30 yagi, etc., 62' 80 rotatable dipole.  Basically most of the
things that got destroyed in the Late July Derecho last summer got trashed
again.

 

Hence, no 6M and 2M for some time yet.  The 222 EME system is rebuilt but
needs to get on the tower yet, as I did not reinstall back on the house
where it got trashed last July.  The 10GHZ EME 1.8M dish survived again,
which is great, what a trooper that system is.. just needed to recalibrate
the Az heading again.

 

Anyway, the terrestrial microwave / 222-432 tower did not get damaged this
time and I managed to eck out a few contacts during the opening the last
number of days, although no real DX as we were shut out of the major tropo
to the east coast.  

 

With that I managed to get my 5.7GHz dish back on the tower, where I spent
some time over the winter getting it locked with a bodnar so its digital
ready.  I got it all installed yesterday and tested mostly today, but I
think its ready.  20 watts solid at the feed. (sorry Barry, no 24 GHz yet
back on the tower, that rebuild is getting close)

 

So those of you asking recently for 5.7GHz contacts, let me know.  I could
use a few new grids too. The WIFI interference here is minimal from what I
can tell, so that's a good thing.

 

Would like to test with some Q65 as well for those set up for it.  Please
get hold of me.

 

See you all at CSVHFS

 

73

 

Mike -KM0T

EN13vb

Km0t

@
arrl

.net

 

 

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