03-12-2016, 08:02 AM
Hi everyone.
It was great to connect with MARC members during the very fun pileup the other night. We had over 40 contacts in about 45 minutes. What a blast!
We ended up using the loaded 80 / 40 dipole (MFJ-17758). Put it up here in St. Kitts as an inverted V, and is nearly 1:1 in the center of the phone sections on the bands. It has a tight angle; way less than optimal. Apex about 35 feet up. We're only about a 1,000 feet from the Caribbean -- so an awesome ground plane.
Below we've provided links to four photos. You can see our outdoor shack, the National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (where I picked up my license), and a copy of the license itself.
https://goo.gl/photos/ibPJ8EHhgLV4ALMY6
https://goo.gl/photos/o5y6xFWNKsrqRokq9
https://goo.gl/photos/gX6qKYUYma8SzQoNA
https://goo.gl/photos/w8qGwM21XsBnScAx5
We'll try to get on the air again over the next day or two before we return. Thanks, again, for the pre-trip advice and propagation insights!
73,
Eric KB1EHE & Elsie KB1IFZ
It was great to connect with MARC members during the very fun pileup the other night. We had over 40 contacts in about 45 minutes. What a blast!
We ended up using the loaded 80 / 40 dipole (MFJ-17758). Put it up here in St. Kitts as an inverted V, and is nearly 1:1 in the center of the phone sections on the bands. It has a tight angle; way less than optimal. Apex about 35 feet up. We're only about a 1,000 feet from the Caribbean -- so an awesome ground plane.
Below we've provided links to four photos. You can see our outdoor shack, the National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (where I picked up my license), and a copy of the license itself.
https://goo.gl/photos/ibPJ8EHhgLV4ALMY6
https://goo.gl/photos/o5y6xFWNKsrqRokq9
https://goo.gl/photos/gX6qKYUYma8SzQoNA
https://goo.gl/photos/w8qGwM21XsBnScAx5
We'll try to get on the air again over the next day or two before we return. Thanks, again, for the pre-trip advice and propagation insights!
73,
Eric KB1EHE & Elsie KB1IFZ