[TVARC] Greyline Antenna
Richard Antolick
ra77 at rantolick.net
Mon Aug 31 06:31:10 EDT 2020
Hi Steve,
I have the 20' Greyline flagpole antenna operating since last December and have been happy with performance. It seems comparable in performance to the G5RV-JR that I had at ~15' between trees at my previous QTH. It seems well made and an was an easy assembly and setup. I ordered late summer 2019 and it did take ~4 months to receive all the parts. I wouldn't go as far as to call this guy a con man. It's just a family run business and he acquired the company in 2018 and seems was not prepared for the large demand for these products. In a recent news letter he included a photo of a well-stocked warehouse.
Rich
W4RJA
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Today's Topics:
1. WWDigi K2PS SOAB HP (K2PS Pete Stafford)
2. Greyline Antennas & New User (Steve Ro)
3. Re: Greyline Antennas & New User (Jim Shaw)
4. Kansas State QSO Party (Bob Schwer)
5. Re: Kansas State QSO Party (Jim)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 10:13:12 -0400
From: "K2PS Pete Stafford" <psk2ps at gmail.com>
To: <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TVARC] WWDigi K2PS SOAB HP
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FT8/4 contests work well in my life, with all the other stuff I do. Could read the paper, watch TV with the XYL, check Twitter and email, all sorts of good stuff. Now, there are times when I need to focus 100%, like when running FT4. The turnaround is too quick in that mode, even for me :). And when there are lots of good multipliers available, the ability to finish a QSO and setup to immediately call the new mult requires focus.
Anyway, conditions were typical, but participation was impressive. The use of FT4 was much greater than usual, but for FT8 a separate set of frequencies for contesting made it so that you didn't need to deal with non-contesters and their different exchanges (the contest didn't require signal reports, just grid squares). And those alternate frequencies were always heavily populated.
We can see where the heavy use of the FT8 mode generally, given that chart of mode popularity we saw earlier in the week, now carries over into contesting. Gotta go with the flow!
BTW, the multiplier for this contest was not grid squares, but unique grid fields - the two-letter prefix of the grid square.
73, Pete, K2PS
World Wide Digi DX Contest - 2020
Call: K2PS
Operator(s): K2PS
Station: K2PS
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: EL98
Operating Time (hrs): 11
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 111 34
20: 117 27
15: 6 5
10:
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Total: 234 66 Total Score = 28,380
Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
Comments: Worked 172 unique grid squares.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:32:38 -0400
From: Steve Ro <wa4iku.steven at gmail.com>
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Subject: [TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User
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This is my first time posting. I am a seasonal owner (at this point) spending my summers in rural central Virginia and winters in The Villages (Villa Berea, Polo Ridge). No doubt that I will eventually go full time.
I have been a Ham for 50 years but COVID got me back on the air after 36 years off. So, I am operating from Virginia but want to also operate from Florida. I am looking at HF antenna options at a Villa and I have reviewed the club web site.
Has anyone used the Greyline Flagpole antennas? My Villa is a golf course view with a nature preserve on the other side of the gold course. Thus, I have neighbors on each side but no houses behind me. My front "yard" is nothing and I have no grass. No place for a flagpole in the front and there are others here who have flagpoles in their back patios areas.
I have looked at the Greyline 20 ft antenna as one solution to my needs.
Any comments welcome.
Anyway, I am happy to be back on the air with CE, SSB and RTTY. My wife and I both fly and have airplanes, one of which we bring to Florida when we come (Dunnellon Airport). If anyone out there is also a pilot, let me know.
Thanks, Steve Roth WA4IKU
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:50:50 -0400
From: "Jim Shaw" <jshaw32163 at gmail.com>
To: "'Steve Ro'" <wa4iku.steven at gmail.com>, <TVARC at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User
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Hi Steve,
I?m Jim Shaw, AL7BA, down in the Southern Hemisphere of The Villages in Fenney. Also a pilot and have a 20? Greyline flagpole. Doesn?t work too bad. Have some issues on 80m running any more than 350 watts, but most of the other bands are fine. Would be happy to show you the outside installation with masks and social distancing, please. Welcome back into the hobby. I started in ?77 and was out of it from ?82-?01. The Air Force was funny about letting me put up much of an antenna in base housing.
73
Jim
AL7BA
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Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2020 4:33 PM
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Subject: [TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User
This is my first time posting. I am a seasonal owner (at this point) spending my summers in rural central Virginia and winters in The Villages (Villa Berea, Polo Ridge). No doubt that I will eventually go full time.
I have been a Ham for 50 years but COVID got me back on the air after 36 years off. So, I am operating from Virginia but want to also operate from Florida. I am looking at HF antenna options at a Villa and I have reviewed the club web site.
Has anyone used the Greyline Flagpole antennas? My Villa is a golf course view with a nature preserve on the other side of the gold course. Thus, I have neighbors on each side but no houses behind me. My front "yard" is nothing and I have no grass. No place for a flagpole in the front and there are others here who have flagpoles in their back patios areas.
I have looked at the Greyline 20 ft antenna as one solution to my needs. Any comments welcome.
Anyway, I am happy to be back on the air with CE, SSB and RTTY. My wife and I both fly and have airplanes, one of which we bring to Florida when we come (Dunnellon Airport). If anyone out there is also a pilot, let me know.
Thanks, Steve Roth WA4IKU
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:35:08 -0400
From: Bob Schwer <schwerrobert at gmail.com>
To: TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TVARC] Kansas State QSO Party
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:01:43 -0400
From: Jim <jshaw32163 at gmail.com>
To: Bob Schwer <schwerrobert at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TVARC] Kansas State QSO Party
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Simply one more example of how you continually further the CW aspect of our hobby.? Awesome!
73
Jim
AL7BA
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On Aug 30, 2020, 22:36, at 22:36, Bob Schwer <schwerrobert at gmail.com> wrote:
>Another fun State QSO Party this weekend. Kansas had some pretty good
>CW activity this weekend. I?ve reached the Platinum Level in the
>States QSO Party Competition for 2020, running all CW. That requires
>>10,000 points. I?m currently at 18,522 points.
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>Bronze Level is >100 points, Silver Level is >1,000 points, Gold Level
>is > 5,000 points, Platinum Level is >10,000 and Diamond is >100,000.
>The parties are about at the half way mark for this year, so there is
>still plenty of time to get on the Leader Board. The rules are at
>www.stateqsoparty.com.
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>I hope everyone had a good weekend. 73, Bob, K3ZGA
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> Kansas QSO Party - 2020
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>Call: K3ZGA
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>Operator(s): K3ZGA
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>Station: K3ZGA
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>Class: Single Op LP
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>QTH: FL
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>Operating Time (hrs): <6
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>Summary:
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>Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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> 80:
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> 40: 22 0 0
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> 20: 11 0 0
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> 15:
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> 10:
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>Total: 33 0 0 Mults = 16 Total Score = 1,584
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>Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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