[HFbeacons] Re: 1700Z ASU RESEARCH PARK LOG 22 JAN 15
- From: Ian Baines VA3KAH <ian.baines@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:11:10 -0500
Chuck:
I read your log every day. It tells me if my two beacons are running, as I am
thousands of miles away. Thanks for the postings. It takes guts to go out in
the desert every day to listen.
I will add my two cents on the A99. Since I changed the two beacons from
dipoles to A99s, the signal reports have really jumped. For $75 on Amazon it
is a real deal. Just cut 9” off the top. They radiate well almost sitting at
ground level and really perform if you can get them up 16’. Use a metal pipe
to support them, as it acts as a ground plane.
73
Ian
VA3KAH
> On Jan 22, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Chuck & Joyce <cactuscharlie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Les,
>
> You are very welcome. Sometimes I wonder if anyone reads these logs which
> are posted. Glad to see your response! I monitor from the local park so I
> don't have to shut mine down to listen. My beacon is an old converted CB
> radio. The antenna is a 102" SS whip mounted on the swimming pool steel
> railing. Surrounded by cactus and desert trees, but it does get out. I
> often look at old quonset huts in the outlying towns and think: Wow, what a
> ground plane! Used to be a baseball announcer for the PIttsburgh Pirates who
> called base hits "Alabaster Plasters"! Way back when I was a kid in the
> 50's. I see lots of guys using that A-99 antenna they buy on Amazon.com.
>
> 73,
> Chuck, AC7GZ, DM43
> On 1/22/2015 12:49 PM, Les Rayburn wrote:
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