[SFDXA] K4FK Station

[Pete Rimmel N8PR]

I spent 6 hours up at FMC today.  I got the new Icom 7600 up and running... 

Secured the bottom section of Rohn 25 with a third guy of phillystran.  Poured 1 gallon of roofing tar into the hole where the antenna is seated.  That base is not moving.

Then I mounted a Butternut HF6V vertical on the tower section. 

The rig is working well, I had several SSB QSOs and all said the audio was excellent. 

I worked VP8CMH/MM near Antarctica on 17 M CW and

I sent and received FT8, and the decode was great and the signal was warbling when I listened on the monitor.  I did not work anyone. 

I set up the first 10 memories in the radio for the various FT8 frequencies. 

I changed the hex address in Logger 32, but the computer was not talking to the radio.  I think I forgot to reconnect one of the cables.  The logging program did not know what band or mode. 

If anyone goes up to FMC, perhaps you can figure out which cable I forgot to reconnect. 

ALSO – VERY IMPORTANT: 

The 75 ohm matching stub to the Butternut antenna is only RG-59.  DO NOT fun more than about 300 watts into that antenna through that stub. 

The tuning of the antenna is not great, and I did not climb back up the tower to change settings, however the built in tuner on the 7600 will let you get full output on all bands including 6 meters. 

Making progress...

73  PeteR  N8PR