[R-390] PING! (Tisha Hayes, AA4HA)

[Steve Toth]

Here as well - still unpacking after the move from WA state to MT.  Most of the gear is still in boxes including the R390A's.  Only have an Icom 756III unpacked and the antenna is just a low altitude dipole.
Interesting Notes:  in WA the house was surrounded by 150ft+ evergreens - great antenna supports!  Here in south central MT it's all 30-40 ft max ponderosa pines around the house which is at 4200ft.  I took the evergreens for granted.  Looking at getting creative with antenna ideas.
Also the grounding capability was much better.  Here the ground is literally all sand and rock.
- Steve  W7SJT

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    On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 05:31:24 PM MDT, Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I am still here too;

Initially I was ordered to self-isolate for two weeks due to an exposure on
March 7th (nothing came of it). As soon as I was free-and-clear then
everything else locked down and our company put us all on a travel-lockdown
to keep us working virtually but away from people. Now I am coming up on
day 110 in isolation; really tired of eating dehydrated camping food and
making my once a week trip down to the post office to pick up electronics
parts from Russia, Turkey, UK or the Ukraine. (I will go to great lengths
to not by chinese components; too many mislabeled or off-spec
semiconductors).

Been building a QRP Labs Ultimate 3S, little 10 watt amplifiers and putting
stuff on the air on 475 KHz. Also making monstrosity Wellbrook loop
antennas that are 3.5 meters across and constructed of 22mm copper tubing
and a fiberglass pentagon shaped support matrix. I am using the Wellbrook
ALA-100N amplifiers and putting the two antennas 5 meters up in the air on
mters apart in a crossed pattern going in to a diversity arrangement with
an SDRPlay RSP Duo receiver.

*Ms. Tisha Hayes, AA4HA*


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