[OKDXA] VU7

[John Geiger]

Spring for a steppir yagi.  Then you can do the 180
degree reversal mode and not have to worry about
whether you are stuck at SP or LP :)

73s John W5TD

--- Gene Lewis <w5le at wildblue.net> wrote:

> My tower is a 55 footer.  I think setting it on
> short path is what I'd 
> better do and I'm also going to make it a point to
> rotate it a couple of 
> times just before I go to bed and see if that'll
> help keep it from freezing 
> up during the night.  Do you recall the heading you
> were using for short 
> path Bert?
> Gene
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bert Aaron" <k2ba at cox.net>
> To: "'Discussion of OKDXA'" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 5:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [OKDXA] VU7
> 
> 
> > Gene,
> >
> > I would put it on LP. It was easier to hear them
> LP this a.m. at about 
> > 13Z.
> > and it will probably be 15Z before you can hear
> them SP. By that time your
> > rotator may be thawed out. How high is your
> antenna?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> > On Behalf Of Gene Lewis
> > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:53 PM
> > To: Discussion of OKDXA
> > Subject: [OKDXA] VU7
> >
> > I've strained my ears all day trying to get enough
> of a signal from them 
> > to
> > warrant calling them.  I'm starting to think that
> Oklahoma is in a "black
> > hole" when it comes to VU7.  I heard Carmen work
> them this morning but, as
> > luck would have it, my rotator was frozen short
> path and I think she and
> > Bert worked them long path.  I had to wait for the
> temperature to rise
> > enough to thaw my rotator out.
> > Now I can swing it again but I suppose by tomorrow
> morning it'll be cold
> > enough to freeze it again.  With my luck, if I
> left it on long path 
> > through
> > the night then I'd need it short path!  8-(
> > Gene
> >
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