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W1BR

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #960 on: April 12, 2016, 10:42:58 AM »

I was fortunate with both JdN and Heard. 7 bands/3 modes for Heard and 8x3 to JdN.

I do. Tribander at 70' ain't no big thing and I could probably have done most of that with a Hexbeam at 50'. What I have that most don't is time in the chair. Being on the east coast didn't hurt either, but a 70 foot tower and a tribander (and a crummy 7ft. boom Yagi for WARC) are nothing special. Still had my ass handed to me in a few pileups; if it wasn't for bum-in-chair time my numbers would have been way down.

I've used big tribanders and eventually monobanders  (on three towers).  The current, and very modest 8 el. KMA log antenna  has delivered when ever I needed to work ATNO.  Timing, location, propagation, mode, end even using the DX Cluster spots are what produces contacts.  You can have the best station, the best antennas, the most money,  and yet be clueless and not work anything.

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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #961 on: April 12, 2016, 06:46:30 PM »

I used to have a 70 ft tower with a c31xl and a dual band 12/17 yagi on it. It crushed the DX. That setup was moved from Nebraska to NJ by a friend who installed it at his QTH. When he sold the QTH, the new owner got the tower and beams. I would venture to say if he were in the VK0 or FT4 pile ups, he was successful.

He was.

That new owner was me
!! I bought Mike's house, and that must be your old LM-470 and C31XR in my back yard!

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« Reply #962 on: April 12, 2016, 07:07:16 PM »

How cool is that? 

My old Force 12 C3SS lives two blocks away from me. Its had three owners since I gave it away to a guy who helped me put in my new tower and 3 element Steppir. That Steppir now lives about 15 miles from me.
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« Reply #963 on: April 12, 2016, 09:05:54 PM »

How cool is that?  

My old Force 12 C3SS lives two blocks away from me. Its had three owners since I gave it away to a guy who helped me put in my new tower and 3 element Steppir. That Steppir now lives about 15 miles from me.

Something bigger took its place, right ??? ;D ;D
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« Reply #964 on: April 12, 2016, 09:14:00 PM »

Oh yes, bigger is better I always say. The 3 element Steppir was replaced with a Steppir DB36. Four elements on a 36' boom. A nice improvement.
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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #965 on: April 13, 2016, 05:12:52 AM »

I used to have a 70 ft tower with a c31xl and a dual band 12/17 yagi on it. It crushed the DX. That setup was moved from Nebraska to NJ by a friend who installed it at his QTH. When he sold the QTH, the new owner got the tower and beams. I would venture to say if he were in the VK0 or FT4 pile ups, he was successful.

He was.

That new owner was me
!! I bought Mike's house, and that must be your old LM-470 and C31XR in my back yard!



You Sir do NOT have an average setup! That combination rocks. The worm drive on the tower is great and the antennas are awesome. Mike does a first rate instillation too, so you should be good for ever.... I'm glad it's being used to its full advantage
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RE: VK0EK Now QRV
« Reply #966 on: April 13, 2016, 08:59:58 AM »

I used to have a 70 ft tower with a c31xl and a dual band 12/17 yagi on it. It crushed the DX. That setup was moved from Nebraska to NJ by a friend who installed it at his QTH. When he sold the QTH, the new owner got the tower and beams. I would venture to say if he were in the VK0 or FT4 pile ups, he was successful.
He was.
That new owner was me
!! I bought Mike's house, and that must be your old LM-470 and C31XR in my back yard!
You Sir do NOT have an average setup! That combination rocks. The worm drive on the tower is great and the antennas are awesome. Mike does a first rate instillation too, so you should be good for ever.... I'm glad it's being used to its full advantage

What are the odds, eh? I love the C31XR. That beast plays like there's no tomorrow on 15 and 20 when there's propagation.
Yes, Mike's installation is solid, although I intend to change out my feedlines this year. He put it up in October 2005, a week after Kure went QRT. Greg (Mike's friend and assistant) strung a sloping 20m dipole in a tiny cedar tree for me to work Kure, which I did--once.

It's also exhibiting a very significant mechanical resonance wobble as it goes through the 60' mark. Did you also have the Force-12 2/2/1 up there? If so that was probably yours as well. I added a Delta-240 about 8 years ago and put a 15' mast in there. I still get beat like a rented mule to Europe, Africa, South America and the Indian/Southern oceans but that's topography. A 25' trapped tribander on the other side of the hill I'm behind (which I've nicknamed Mount Doom) will beat me clean every time in those directions.
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