2004 ARRL September VHF Contest
09/14/2004 |
KO4ER
Inactive for a few years in the contest, put the station back up with added band of 432.
When I did some pre-contest checking, I discovered my 9913 coax at the 2m beam connector now features running water.
The beam for 432 was a rush job, used 65 feet of RG8 cable that previously fed an HF beam. UGH! A dummy load might not have been much worse.
Needless to say, both matters will be attended to before the next VHF/UHF contest.
Thanks to all the stations out there that worked me. Some fabulous set-ups and signals!
Jim Geist - KO4ER -- KO4ER
When I did some pre-contest checking, I discovered my 9913 coax at the 2m beam connector now features running water.
The beam for 432 was a rush job, used 65 feet of RG8 cable that previously fed an HF beam. UGH! A dummy load might not have been much worse.
Needless to say, both matters will be attended to before the next VHF/UHF contest.
Thanks to all the stations out there that worked me. Some fabulous set-ups and signals!
Jim Geist - KO4ER -- KO4ER
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