Getting Ready for the new
**** MidAtlantic 40m NBEMS net ****
testing: Saturday and Sunday 10 AM EDT on 7068 kHz (vfo)
coverage over a 300 mile radius from Philadelphia
THOR 22 check in
THOR 56 traffic (new alpha mode: w1hkj.com/alpha)
Hope to have the net begin by October 7/8 2023
Need 5-8 net control ops from the MidAtlantic region
I now have three 40m antennas to compare prop paths
1) Traditional Inv V dipole, center fed with 1:1 BALUN 66 ft
2) Full one-wave horizontal loop (140 ft)
3) 34 ft alum tubing Vertical (lashed to a tall tree) with two above gnd 30 ft radials
and matching coil at base (like an inverted T )
I had to mess a bit with the length of vertical to get it resonant where I wanted it.
de k3eui barry Aug 22 2023
Barry K3EUI
