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EFHW at US-2364 Machicomoco State Park

Eric Fadely (KN4UDL) All Messages By This Member #96 开云体育 Hello fellow POTA enthusiast, ? Had a great day up in Glouster County at Machicomoco State Park.? This is a fairly new park only being first activated 05/25/21 by KN4XJ.? The park only has about 45 activations under its belt. ? I wanted to try a new configuration with my 41’ wire connected to a 9:1 unun and a 17’ counterpoise.? Typically, I would take the end and put it up as high as I could to get get a good 45° angle leaving the transformer approx. 8’ above the ground.? Today I spiraled the antenna around my PACKTENNA 10m fiberglass pole ending about 7-8’ above ground for the 9:1. My rig is an FT-891 on 75w along with a LDG Z11 Pro 2 tuner. ? At first, I wondered if the antenna would work in this configuration because I spent about 10 minutes to get a contact that could hear me.? Then I began picking them up.? Only ending with about 47 contacts this antenna configuration managed to get a contact with Washington (state) to the west and France to the East, Ontario to the North and Miami to the South.? I think it worked out well and can’t wait to try it when band conditions improve. ? 73, Eric KN4UDL (POTA ON!) ? ? ?
James Loder KQ4AVP All Messages By This Member #97 开云体育 Hi Eric Thanks so much for the update on this one. ?Never heard of it but looks like a lot of fun. ? Was your antenna resonant at any frequency or did you rely on the tuner?? Jim KQ4AVP toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Jun 2, 2024, at 10:52?AM, Eric Fadely (KN4UDL) via groups.io <eric@...> wrote: ? Hello fellow POTA enthusiast, ? Had a great day up in Glouster County at Machicomoco State Park.? This is a fairly new park only being first activated 05/25/21 by KN4XJ.? The park only has about 45 activations under its belt. ? I wanted to try a new configuration with my 41’ wire connected to a 9:1 unun and a 17’ counterpoise.? Typically, I would take the end and put it up as high as I could to get get a good 45° angle leaving the transformer approx. 8’ above the ground.? Today I spiraled the antenna around my PACKTENNA 10m fiberglass pole ending about 7-8’ above ground for the 9:1. My rig is an FT-891 on 75w along with a LDG Z11 Pro 2 tuner. ? At first, I wondered if the antenna would work in this configuration because I spent about 10 minutes to get a contact that could hear me.? Then I began picking them up.? Only ending with about 47 contacts this antenna configuration managed to get a contact with Washington (state) to the west and France to the East, Ontario to the North and Miami to the South.? I think it worked out well and can’t wait to try it when band conditions improve. ? 73, Eric KN4UDL (POTA ON!) ? <image001.jpg> ? ?
Eric Fadely (KN4UDL) All Messages By This Member #98 开云体育 I used the tuner for 40/20/17.? I tried 15 & 12 but the Max Usable Freq was not helping. ? Eric ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of James Loder via groups.io Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2024 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VA-POTA-NET] EFHW at US-2364 Machicomoco State Park ? Hi Eric ? Thanks so much for the update on this one. ?Never heard of it but looks like a lot of fun. ? ? Was your antenna resonant at any frequency or did you rely on the tuner?? ? Jim KQ4AVP ? On Jun 2, 2024, at 10:52?AM, Eric Fadely (KN4UDL) via groups.io <eric@...> wrote: ? Hello fellow POTA enthusiast, ? Had a great day up in Glouster County at Machicomoco State Park.? This is a fairly new park only being first activated 05/25/21 by KN4XJ.? The park only has about 45 activations under its belt. ? I wanted to try a new configuration with my 41’ wire connected to a 9:1 unun and a 17’ counterpoise.? Typically, I would take the end and put it up as high as I could to get get a good 45° angle leaving the transformer approx. 8’ above the ground.? Today I spiraled the antenna around my PACKTENNA 10m fiberglass pole ending about 7-8’ above ground for the 9:1. My rig is an FT-891 on 75w along with a LDG Z11 Pro 2 tuner. ? At first, I wondered if the antenna would work in this configuration because I spent about 10 minutes to get a contact that could hear me.? Then I began picking them up.? Only ending with about 47 contacts this antenna configuration managed to get a contact with Washington (state) to the west and France to the East, Ontario to the North and Miami to the South.? I think it worked out well and can’t wait to try it when band conditions improve. ? 73, Eric KN4UDL (POTA ON!) ? <image001.jpg> ? ?

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