[OZAPRS] HF igate stations - thank you :-)

[Ben Weber]

Looks like the setup worked very well, Terry. I'll hopefully be down in the Flinders in late September, will probably have warmed up a little by then.
I am interested in the whip you've modified for 30m. I am assuming it's base loaded but am curious to know how close the windings are the rest of the way up.
Cheers,
Ben/VK4UT

To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
From: vk5atn at internode.on.net
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:59:21 +0930
Subject: [OZAPRS] HF igate stations - thank you :-)


  

    
  
  
    Last week we made a pilgrimage to one of my favourite places -
    Arkaroola in the northern Flinders Rages.    This was also a
    shakedown test for our most recent 4WD vehicle, and its HF
    installation.

    

    Essentially I used the same equipment as in the previous vehicle (ex
    farm ute), but the installation was modified extensively to meet the
    complexities of the new vehicle.   My thanks go to Gordon (VK4VP)
    for his generous advice on the installation in his Pajero; his radio
    rack was one of the details which I copied very closely.

    

    I am happy to say that it worked well.  All credit for this of
    course is due to those generous amateurs in several states who run a
    HF Igate station on 30 metres.  My thanks to each and every one of
    you.  Without your generous support, my experiments would have been
    futile.   The list for the last day (trip home) is here.  
    Other days can be discovered from the same page.

    

    The station is a IC-706 remotely mounted @ 40 watts, a TT3 with a
    Garmin GPS18 on the roof (a crud generator - but it works).   The
    antenna is a Mobile One 5 ft heavy duty whip for 27MHz rewound for
    30 metres mounted on the bull bar.    

    

    Arkaroola can be recommended for scenery and (if you choose) 4WD
    challenges.   There is no mobile phone coverage at all, they have a
    UHF CB repeater, and an excellent internet facility is now available
    for considerate use for a very nominal fee.   Besides, the HF
    spectrum is so quiet up there (after what I have here in the
    township) that there is immediate temptation to move there
    permanently. 

    

    73 and thanks again,

    Terry

    VK5ATN  

    

    

  





	
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
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