This AM Paul W1GUH is hauling up the power supply to this dense little neutron star of a classic, and with luck, we're gonna check it out on the air. Paul had it in the trunk last time he was here and I asked if it could stay behind a bit so I could take some pictures. Maybe tomorrow I'll take some inside shots. As a high school ham I recall a college ham driving by my house to show off his car and radio. Forgot the car exactly, I'm thinking maybe super UNloaded Mustang, but I sure do remember the radio, one of these, with companion RX.
Today I half set up a 160 inverted V fed with 600 ohn ladder line in prep for AM in the AM, probably 75 and 40 most likely bets. This latest wire replaces a 40 meter Inv V. One 125 foot #14 leg came off at the apex connection under some stress. This leg will be totally in the clear about 35-40 ft up. With not much daylight left, I let it be and moved on to the more difficult leg, which needed threading through branches of some XXL mother blue spruces because while there's no shortage of property here, I discovered that it happens to terminate inconveniently were the remaining leg was gonna go. That leg alone brought in loud signals from NH last night, one 40+ not so very far from my old Seacoast QTH. Called CQ but no dice, maybe the other half of the antenna will help. Repair should be no big deal at all before Paul drags the rest of this cat in. Gonna feed it via buried coax to Paul's Johnson Matchbox at the base of the center support tree. Be nice to excite a 450-TH modulated by pair of 811As. Maybeome of that is also buried in the strata of W1GUH's trunk.
Hey, like Christmas only it's almost Easter.
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Originally Posted by WØTKX
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