April 2021 Meeting

April Banner, Field Day Planning

Field Day Planning and D8 Roof Tour

See Recording here (Aerospace Only)

Meeting Slides

March 2021 Meeting

Banner for March Meeting, Solar Cycle 25

Solar Cycle 25 – K9LA

Meeting Recording

See recording here. (Won’t work for non-Aerospace people)

Meeting Slides

80M Vertical Straightening

Now Straighter 80M Vertical on the roof of D8

I met with Albert (KD6NSG) this morning on the top of D8 and we went over the antennas that we have there. We saw that the 80M vertical had drooped over quite a bit, and we were able to straighten it up a bit with an adjustment of the guy lines. It does look like there is a kink in it, but it should be better now. It may have also lost one of the rods in the top hat too.

We confirmed that in addition to the above, we have our big beam antenna, plus what looks like a EME setup. It is not hooked up anymore, but it has two long yagis on a Az/El mount and a third Bi Polarized yagi connected to the AZ portion. This may be able to be restored to service in the future.

There is another vertical that seems to be in good service, but the radials should be sorted out better. Based on the height, I suspect it is a 6 or 10M vertical.

73,

Kirk KK6KC