Hi all,
Well, so far, so good! I got the dipole (30/40m) repaired, but then had issues
with my ATU.
I replaced the ATU, and so far, things are looking OK, but I need to do some
more testing with it to make sure I can change bands easily, and not have to
fiddle with the tuning each time.
Over the past 2 months we have had storm force winds and heavy rain. Last week,
we had 1 month of rain in 12 hours, which caused a lot of flooding, and also
got into some of my feedlines.
Thankfully, this weekend has been much better, but if we have a fairly dry
week, things should be back to normal.
On top of all that, we had new windows and front door fitted on
Thursday/Friday, so I had scaffolding erected right by my antennas. Once they
have finished the back windows, that should go, and I can do more testing
without having a large metal structure close to the antennas.
Looking forward to some better weather in the weeks to come!
73 de Phil GU0SUP
From: igry-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:igry-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Scott Mcleman MM3AWD
Sent: 13 March 2020 23:35
To: IGRY Group
Subject: [igry] Re: YB DX RTTY
Phil,
Sorry to hear of your troubles, hopefully the weather eases off for you to do
the necessary repairs.
We have had a lot of rain up here over the past few weeks, but the past few
days have been dry but very cold.
Wind was bad few weeks back, but been calm since then, thankfully.
It has been a very wet and windy start to the year, lets hope it improves.
All the best to you and success with the repairs.
See you on the bands soon for the GU mult :)
73, Scott
MM3AWD
On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 10:31 PM gu0sup <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I had hoped to operate in the YB DX RTTY contest this weekend, but the recent
storms have messed up my antennas, and until I can repair them, I am off the
radio.
If it is dry, I can just about play on a few bands, but if it is wet, my SWR is
very high, and I cannot operate.
We seem to have suffered weekly storms, with gusts of almost 100kmH, and last
week, we had 1 month of rain in less than 12 hours.
I do have the equipment to repair them, but I need some dry weather and less
wind.
Nest week, the weather is looking better, so I am hoping to get some repairs
done on Monday.
I hope conditions are good, and you all do well in the contest!
73 de Phil GU0SUP
