I haven't seen any word about a Texas Navy Certificate either for this year. Will that be dropped for this year?
Seven Three, Michael - K5WRN http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Howard Bingham via BVARC <[email protected]>wrote: > Is there any plan to do a VHF net like last couple of years for benefit > of those of us who can't make it to MSW...? > > Howard Bingham > KE5APJ > > -- > > On 5/27/2014 12:38 PM, WILLIS COOKE via BVARC wrote: > > This is an interim report on the MSWE antennas. > > I installed the TH-3 antenna contributed by Eddie of River Oaks Stereo > on a 15 foot pole on my well house. The antenna went together very fast > with the help of the color coding by Michael Monsour and his helpers who > disassembled and picked up the antenna. The only problem that I found were > that a couple of the hose clamps were on the wrong piece of aluminum and > the two bolts that hold the clamp to the mast were 2" bolts that should > have been 2-3/4" to allow for a mast in the clamp. I will get a couple > more stainless 5/16 bolts and put the clamps on the right piece of aluminum > when I disassemble the antenna. The antenna was assembled using the > weather marks on the aluminum and the SWR on the assembly has good SWR on > 20, 15 and 10 in the phone band. It is about 2.5 at the bottom of the CW > band on 20 and 15 which is not surprising because the TH-3 is a bit narrow > banded for both modes. The triplexer and band filter add very little to > the SWR when installed. The 10 meter SWR drops to 1.75 at 28.000 and 1.25 > at 28.4 and does not cross 2.0 until 29.200. With the triplexer and filter > the SWR is 1.5 at 28.0 and drops to 1.25 at 28.150 then rises to 2.0 at > 28.380 and continues to rise to a peak of 3.0 at 28.690 then drops to 2.0 > at 29.000 and 1.5 at 29.3 and back up to 2.0 at 29.5. It appears that this > Filter is optimized for PSK and FM. Tests were made with TS-480, > AIM-4170C. Results generally confirmed by TS-480 SWR meter and Daiwa > CN-101. The TS-480SAT auto tuner will resolve all high SWRS to give full > output from the TS-480 and better than 80% efficiency. No attempt to > resolve tuning was made as there are no external controls provided. No > attempt to tell whether the triplexer of filter is causing the curve and no > trials were made with the items separated. > > A 40 foot pole was constructed with the bottom 18 feet being a steel > push pole (bottom two sections of a 44 ft pole) and 22 feet of fiberglass > surplus mast. This will be available with halyards to hoist one or two wire > antennas. An Alpha-Delta 80/40 meter antenna is available, but has not > been installed and tested. The pole has been raised by a single person, > but will be easier and quicker to raise with multiple persons. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, BVARC MSWE Chairman, TDXS DX Chairman > K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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