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A Nice Day for a Climb! Ron Rossi's (KK1L) QTH I had to climb the tower to complete some antenna repairs before the NAQP later this day. I remembered to carry a camera up with me this time. It was a gorgeous morning. Thanks to my wife as famliy band controled third party operator I was able to complete the repair with enough time to get an antenna up for 160m. The top of the tower I am standing on is 88 feet above the base. I am standing on the very top. Click any picture to enlarge it. |
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The view toward Europe. Between 340 through 40 degrees there is a rise above the antenna height within 1200 feet. These are my worst directions. Unfortunately this does not bode well for catching the very beginning of the European band openings. I would have to raise the antenna another 30 feet to overcome the deficit based on YagiTerrain modelling. |
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The view toward Africa. Clear sailing in this direction. |
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The view toward South America and the Carribean. More clear sailing. I am 315 feet over the valley below. |
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The view toward South Pacific and the southwestern US. I am 315 feet over the valley below. |
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The view toward Australia and the US. The ridge rises up 20 feet over a 50 feet run before dropping off over 300 feet over the next 600 feet. |
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The view toward Japan and southeast Asia. Up through 340 degrees is relatively clear. YagiTerrain runs show significant low angle signal. |
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The view toward the ground!. |
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Another view toward the ground!. The pole off the right is the support for the 80m inverted-vee. This will become a 160m inverted-vee for the contest. I need to make that into a dipole soon. |
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Looking down toward the house. My wife, Laurie, and youngest daughter, Sophia, are saying hi. | ||
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This page was last updated on Tue, 23 Aug 00 at 22:03 |
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