For whatever it is worth..
There has been a lot of discussion on corrosion on this antenna. There
were only three connections on this antenna that seemed to be corroded,
or at least corroded badly. Two of those connections had holes that
seemed to have been originally threaded, and then drilled out. The
screws and nuts that were replaced after the hole was drilled out
seemed to be of different material that the other screws on the antenna
that are in good shape. The rest of the antenna seems to be in good
mechanical shape, except for the press fit of the center section of the
feedline. Since a brand new shiny antenna has been ordered, I guess
this is a moot point.
73 all..
Dave KA6BFB
george bernard wrote:
john, i think there is a
horiz 2m atenna already on the big mast but the rotor does not work.
it that one corroded also? thank you for providing yours, should we
put a mast mounted preamp on it? we can use the landwehr and if it
doesnt work then i can purchase an AAR model but you need to help me
solve the 300 watt problem. regards, george w6nre
ps: i will be up at the club for 2m ssb nets on wed at 7:30 pm till
about 10:30 pm.
want to come up and watch what goes on?
there are two nets, one at 8 and one a 8:30 pm.
From:
John Maetta
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 5:53 PM
To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish move...
I took the nearly new Cushcraft 13B2
out of my backyard storage shed and assembled it. Using my backyard
test stand, I was able to adjust the SWR to ~1.2:1 @ 144.200Mhz, right
at the 2 Meter weak signal calling frequency.
Just a couple of coats of Krylon
just before installing it on the tower and it should server the SARC
very well for several years.
73
John
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Monday, May 11, 2009 15:55 PM
Subject:
[sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish move...
In what state is the 13el 144
beam, up on a tower, down but still assembled, or disassembled? And
what condition is it in? I think Dave Dowler KA6BFB is the best person
to offer it to for the club. See email address above.
TNX John W6NBC
-----
Original Message -----
Sent:
Monday, May 11, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject:
[sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish move...
John, I have an additional 13 element 144 here that isn't being used if
you need it. I haven't come near to getting my antennas back up yet.
(give it another decade)
Paul
At 09:10 AM 5/10/2009, you wrote:
I
agree with John P.'s assessment and propose the following:
In an effort to get the SARC on the 6 meter
band, I will donate a 5 element 50MHz yagi to install on the portable
roof tower. Along with that, I will donate a Cushcraft 13B2 144MHz yagi
for the portable roof tower.
We can troubleshoot the log periodic at our
leisure, and reinstall it if decided.
I will have a day or so over the Memorial Day
weekend and will try to get the two antennas (50Mhz and 144MHz) mounted
and tested. Hopefully, I can have it ready and use the station on
50MHz during the June VHF contest. If someone has a 220Mhz yagi, now
would be a good time to get it mounted too.
Does the SARC have enough 9913 or equivalent to
make another run or two up to the portable tower? Is the radio room
penetration have enough room for another coax or two?
In addition, we noted that SARC's the horizontal
144MHz, on coax 'B' exhibited 2.5:1 SWR at 144.200MHz. Something else
to troubleshoot in the future.
73
John
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: jportune@xxxxxxx
- To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:30 AM
- Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish move...
- My phone is 805-406-6176. But on a
conventional SWR bridge you should not be getting high SWR. So if you
are, you do have a problem which is not due to the basic design of the
antenna. Other than that I really do not have any other suggestion.
Call if you wish, though.
- John W6NBC
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: george bernard
- To: sarcmembers@freelistsorg
- Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:26 AM
- Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish move...
- john, i think you are correct. can you call me on
home fone? 805-688-6324 and we can discuss what to do about this
$1500 antenna? how do we use it? do we just have to tolerate the high
swr? george
-
santa barbara, ca web page is
-
www.balanceindustries.com for my company cell
818-370-9407
- From: jportune@xxxxxxx
- Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:22 AM
- To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish
move...
- Rember basic radio theory. A
log-periodic is basically a NON-resonant antenna. So "some" instruments
may not see it correctly. But on a basic SWR bridge is should show low
SWR on any requency within its range.
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: george bernard
- To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:09 AM
- Subject: [sarcmembers] Re: SARC Tower and Dish
move...
- john, do you think that a log periodic antenna
might not resonate on any ham bands? it is covering 50-1300 mcs so
maybe
- it doesnt dip like we expected it to on 144.2?
perhaps i should just call ted henry at hrc and purchase a 15 element
yage for that tower/rotator and call it quits with the log periodic?
it worked fine for me in goleta on six and two meters and also on
432.12 ssb. thank you for donating the use of your 70 amps for this
rig. we need to tell all members not to run power up past 300 watts
as you recommend and also
- how do you want to proceed on the landwehr preamp
which is in the workshop area? btw i got the ultrasonic bird
repeller installed in my airplane hangar at smx airport yesterday. it
is made by Bird-X.com company of chicago, cost was only
- $249. regards, george bernard w6nre
- PS: the photo of the explorer sheriff scouts who
are using my donated "black box uhf radios" on 460.275 and .325 were
useful by visiting police officers from other jurisdistricts working
the fire. sheriff brown allowed us to program channels 1-7 to the same
freqs as the regular motorolas which his peole carry. i bought 24 of
them and a computer to program the freqs. channels
- 8-16 are gmrs channels for the kids to talk with
each other. these are only $150 each so if they fail we delete the
serial number and trash the radio. if one gets lost we dont worry
about it.
-
santa barbara, ca web page is
-
www.balanceindustries.com for my company cell
818-370-9407
- From: John Maetta
- Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 7:22 AM
- To: sarcmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: [sarcmembers] SARC Tower and Dish
move...
- All,
- Yesterday, with the help of Bob,
W6RFH, we were able to reposition the EME dish and portable tower. The
new locations allow much shorter control and hardline runs to the
operating positions. My special thanks to Bob, for his expertise in
delicately moving of the fully loaded EME tower.
- www.n6vmo.com/arpics/SARCTowerandDishMoveMay92009/index.html
- I have loaned SARC the use of my
Astron RS-70 powersupply to power the TE Systems 144MHz amplifier. It
is modified to power and provide cooling air to the amplifier.
- Later, W6NRE arrived and we
discovered during testing, that the log periodic antenna exhibited high
SWR on 144.200MHz We also noted that the antenna was not resonate on
any amateur band or frequencies in the VHF range. The log periodic
antenna was taken down for further troubleshooting and the tower is
currently laying flat on the SARC roof.
- The 1.29GHz amplifer has new
cooling water and tested to 200 watts output, it should be ready for
1.2Ghz EME operation by June 6th. Hopefully, after the monthly meeting,
it can be successfully demonstrated by providing our first 1296MHz EME
contact.
- This past week, I noted an ad on
QTH.com for a almost new 12' parabolic TVRO dish. The dish is for sale
and located in Solvang. I emailed the seller and asked if he had not
sold it, would he be interested in donating it to the club. He happily
agreed. If it becomes available, and meets with the board's approval,
along with focal and mounting requirements, I will meet with him to
transport it to the club, swap it out with the current 10' dish. The
10' dish will then leave for the dump, unless a club member wants it.
- The new dish will provide ~50%
more reflective surface area than the 10' dish. This extra surface area
will add ~2.8dB of gain, effectively almost doubling the ERP and adding
~1/2 S-Unit of received signal strength.
- 73
- John
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