ARRL VHF Contest This Weekend

[N1API]

Well even though the tower is tipped over in the yard I had a "crazy idea" to see if I could play a little at least with the locals on 2 meters this weekend.

I took the 10 element 2 meter beam and spun it on the boom from vertical, (where it has to be in order to end of horizontal when I lift the tower), to horizontal with the ground. I also tipped it up to skitter it over the garage, Wilcox Tech and the mountain that is across the street from it on Oregon Road. I estimate it is sitting on a 30 to 35 degree angle up pointed at about 240 degrees. The back end (where the driven element is), is only about 3 feet above the ground. Puts it a little below West, gee if 2 meters opens to California I could possible work it, (GL on that happening).

So lets see what I can pick up on 2 SSB, CW or even digital this weekend, (though I think that I have not had much luck with the digital setup on that radio.). I'm listening on 144.220 SSB if someone wants to give me a rumble to see how I hear.

The two pictures attached should show what I did. This one is the way it should sit:

   

And here is the "great experiment", (to quote Captain Kirk of the Enterprise),

   

Wish me some kind of luck!

-73-
Al - N1API