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

[Ian Bennett]

I've got a "recipe" I snaffled from the interwebs somewhere, when I needed to do something similar
back in 2007.
Mine is a bit of a brute in comparison (6ft, 1/2inch fibre glass blank that was wound for 4755KHz)
but I'm told it works well regardless of the blank length. I'll have a hunt around and pass it on if
you wish.

Ian
VK1IAN

On 18/08/15 16:57, Ben Weber wrote:
> 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
>
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> 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
> <http://www.db0anf.de/app/aprs/stations/mobile-VK5ATN-8?date=2015-08-15>.   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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