W5WZ Station Journal - Calendar Year 2010 & 2011Here you will find changes, upgrades, experiments, scores, etc. Basically whatever I choose to put here. View Calendar Year 2009 & 2008 Here 02/12/12 -- Sure doesn't seem like 4 months have passed since I updated my journal here. Work, holidays, etc. just makes time fly. I suppose the time I had I spent on the air rather than updating websites. Recently received 1st place Phone Out of State Single Op plaque for CO QSO Party , and 1st Place Louisiana Multi-op certificate for the TN QSO Party. Uploaded several more SH5 contest reports NOV SS SSB -- Participated at KN5O with the W5RU team for a shot at #1 Multi-op. That was my first experience with a hardware lockout (and the associated frustration that can come!). Ted & Lorraine are great hosts. The rest of the team was great - K5ER, KG5VK, K1DW to name those I knew beforehand. 10/28 - 10/31/11 -- Traveled to K8AZ to join the M/S team for CQ WW SSB. Photos in my album See my commentary on the trip. I made a PowerPoint presentation for our local club meeting held on the night after I returned home. 09/20/11 -- My youngest daughter, age 8, earned her technician license. Logan is now KF5MTH. Our entire family now are hams. 08/13/11 -- Aquired another 13 sections of Rohn 55G. Now have 20 sections on hand. What to build ??? 08/06/11 -- NAQP CW - I had done everything to prepare, to make sure my calendar was clear. Soon after the contest started, my wife called. Her suburban was broke down on the side of the interstate, with all 4 of our kids there too. I left the contest to go retrieve them, then got a friend to go help me retrieve the suburban. Net result was only 77 QSOs in the contest. 07/31/11 -- Downloaded and registered SH5. Processed my old logs and uploaded results to my website. Go to that data here: http://w5wz.com/contest-log-statistics/ 07/16/11 -- IARU contest - I sure shot myself in the foot. I didn't read the rules closely enough, and did not observe the 10-minute band change rule, so I had to submit as a checklog. I won't soon forget that mistake. 06/25-26/11 -- Operated with Twin City Ham Club, W5EA for ARRL Field Day. We were 2A - one SSB and one CW station + VHF + GOTA. Several members of the LCC were on hand. For the SSB station, we stacked a pair of KLM-KT34A at 30/60 feet. When the smoke settled, W5EA had made just under 3,200 QSOs. 06/10/11 -- Heading out to QTH of K5QE to operate in the June VHF 05/23/11 -- Back home after the annual trek to Dayton Hamvention. I was an invited presenter at the Hamvention Contest Forum. That was a lot of fun. As all SSB contesters know, a microphone and a large captive audience is a good time! As always, it was great to see friends! Aquired an AL-1200 at the flea market. It is a real power house! 05/04/11-- Wow! What a spring we've had! I've not done much ham radio since February. A family vacation to Washington DC during spring break, a couple of rounds of severe storms, and lots of work have consumed my time. Counting down to the annual trek to Dayton in a couple of weeks. See you there! 02/03-04/2011 -- 2nd ice storm in only 2 weeks. Rare enough in LA; this frequency is really rare. All appears to have survived once again. I have to admit, the sunlight reflecting off the ice is rather pretty.  
01/30/11 -- Placed an order with Elecraft for 1.8kHz and 250Hz 8-pole filters for the K3. Should receive them at weeks end. I plan to go with 2.8, 2.1, 1.8, 400 & 250 8-poles in the main receiver. I'll have a 13, 6, and 1000 on hand as well. NAQP SSB Jan 2011 -- Total Time On 10:00 (600 mins) Band QSOs Pts Sec NA 1.8 1 1 1 0 3.5 95 95 36 0 7 230 230 43 1 14 342 342 45 1 21 62 62 15 0 28 1 1 1 0 Total 731 731 141 2 Score: 104,533 Fun contest as always! Some really great runs! (I remembered to press F1 in N1MM!) At one point on 40m I saw the 'Last 10' rate hit 500. Average of 73.1 Q per hour for 10 hours. My recently built Inv-L for 160m had very high SWR, so it was not usable. Never heard anything on 10m (was listening at 28.4 first hour or so while running on 20m). -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y -------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct ------------------------------------------------------------- 1800 0 0 0 141 1 0 142 19.2 1900 0 0 0 73 22 0 95 12.9 2000 0 0 0 28 22 0 50 6.8 2100 0 0 1 19 17 0 37 5.0 2200 0 0 7 69 0 0 76 10.3 2300 0 0 68 11 0 0 79 10.7 0000 0 1 41 0 0 0 42 5.7 0100 0 10 64 1 0 0 75 10.1 0200 1 5 45 0 0 1 52 7.0 0300 0 79 4 0 0 0 83 11.2 0400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 1 95 230 342 62 1 731 Gross QSO's=739 Dupes=8 Net QSO's=731 Unique callsigns worked = 628 The best 60 minute rate was 152/hour from 1808 to 1907 The best 30 minute rate was 178/hour from 1807 to 1836 The best 10 minute rate was 228/hour from 1813 to 1822 The best 1 minute rates were: 6 QSO's/minute 1 times. 5 QSO's/minute 8 times. 4 QSO's/minute 18 times. 3 QSO's/minute 62 times. 2 QSO's/minute 117 times. 01/14/11 -- A new (to me) transceiver arrived today! K3 #0251 - I'm looking forwarded to giving it a good workout to evaluate my preference between K3, 756Pro2, and FT1000MP. 
01/08-09/11 -- Weather forecasts had a winter storm/ice storm warning for our area. The predictions were bleak. The actual event for my QTH was negligible. At ground level, perhaps 1/4" radial ice accumulation. At this location, we dodged a bullet. Here are a few pictures of the antenna & towers.   
2010 ARRL 160 meter contest -- Spent 7 hours over the course of the contest. SOHP non-assisted Got all states EXCEPT ND, AK, HI, WV Band QSOs Pts Sec Cty 1.8 348 714 64 9 Total 348 714 64 9 12/04/10 -- Constructed an Inverted-L for 160 meters. Vertical component is 75 ft and horizontal is 100 ft. It is attached to Tower #1 at the 75 ft standoff, and the horizontal runs due north toward a tall pine tree. It is grounded to the same radial field used for the 80m shunt fed tower. Here is the file for EZNEC model of the Inverted-L 12/02/10 -- Built a simple contesting accessory - a footrest with footswitch. Thanks WX9T for the idea! 
Thanksgiving Day -- Spent a couple of hours making casual QSOs on 20 meters. Had nice family lunch with my mom and sister, then had nice evening with wife's family. 11/23/10 -- Went to Dallas TX to pick up a KLM 'Big Stick' 6 element for 15 meters. Had a nice visit with Mori KR5V while picking up the antenna. 2010 Nov Sweeps SSB -- Single-Op All Band NON-ASSISTED High Power (7 hrs 37 minutes) Band QSOs Pts Sec 3.5 67 134 8 7 194 388 12 14 386 772 55 21 2 4 0 Total 649 1298 75 Score : 97,350 I had other commitments, so it was a part-time effort. However, I had a lot of fun! I had 42 sections by the end of the first hour. 11/18/10 -- Updated several webpages on this site. Added new content and photos. 11/04/10 -- Installed the final 2 coax filter stubs: a CS-1 on 80m and a CS-9 for 160m. Here's what the installation looks like in the antenna switching shed. Coax Stub Filters installed at SixPack on antenna ports: * 10 meters - CS-6 (1/2 WL-open 10m) & CS-4 (1/2 WL-open 20m) * 15 meters - CS-3 (1/4 WL-shorted 40m) * 20 meters - CS-4 (1/2 WL-open 20m) & CS-5 (1/4 WL-shorted 20m) * 40 meters - CS-3 (1/4 WL-shorted 40m) & CS-7 (1/2 WL-shorted 15m) * 80 meters - CS-1 (1/4 WL-shorted 80m) * 160 meters - CS-9 (1/4 VL-shorted 160m) 
2010 CQ WW SSB -- Hosted first ever true multi-multi effort in a DX contest. What an experience! With lots of help and a great team of operators (W5WZ, KG5VK, KC4WWL, AA5LA, W5PEM, KA5M, W5DAY, K5SL), we pulled off an effort that I am very proud of. Comparing to 2009 results, our raw score would be #10 Multi-Operator Multi-Transmitter United States! We watched GETSCORES.ORG, and tracked our performance neck and neck with NE3F (2009 8th place MM USA) Band QSOs Pts Cty ZN 1.8 29 32 8 6 3.5 156 349 60 22 7 408 719 75 27 14 595 1423 110 36 21 634 1700 119 33 28 181 500 33 13 Total 2003 4723 405 137 Score: 2,559,866 For the contest, we borrowed the local ARES groups (thanks W5KGT) portable crank-up tower and mounted a M2-34XA at 50 feet. We improvised a 4th operating position, and using some uniquely creative methods were able to switch antennas around and remote control rotators and antenna stack switching (by voice, handy talkie method to reach other room!).  
Lessons learned: - Full legal limit on every band is a must if the rules allow it!
- Better transmit and receive antenna is needed on 40, 80, and 160.
- Beverage receive antenna are great - must install more and make each independently selectable at every station.
- Noise cancelling headsets are great (thanks KG5VK!). I've got to get some!
- Everyone needs to become even more proficient at N1MM.
- Every rig needs 1.8kHz filters in the narrow position.
10/23/10 -- More work on stub filters. Added CS-3 and CS-7 to 40 meters. Tested to determine cross-band interference. I used the lower C51XR for all 10, 15, 20 & 40 tests, and used both the 80m shunt tower and the 80m dipole on both transmit & receive. Transmit mode CW, power out 1.5kW. Receive mode CW, filters 6.0kHz. Here is the matrix:
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| | RIGHT RADIO RX BAND | 10 | 15 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 160 | | 10 | X | <S0 | <S0, avoid harmonic>S9+50 | <S0, avoid harmonic>S8 | nil | nil | | 15 | nil | X | <S0, avoid harmonic>S8 | nil, avoid harmonic>S9 | nil | nil | | 20 | nil | nil | X | nil, avoid harmonic>S9 | nil | nil | | 40 | nil | nil | nil | X | nil, avoid harmonic | nil | | 80 | nil | nil | nil | nil | X | <S3, avoid harmonic >S9+20 | | 160 | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | X |
These results pleased me for first attemps at coax stub filters. 10/19/10 -- Continued working on stub filters. Added CS-5 to 20 meters, and installed CS-6 & CS-4 to 10 meters. 10/16/10 -- Found burnt barrell connector in top 20m antenna feedline (it had to be 120 feet off the ground). Replaced it and corrected the intermittent high SWR on that antenna. 10/06/10 -- Tilted over Tower #3 and realigned the cubical quad to correct its heading. It slipped on the mast during a storm last year. 09/29/10 -- Began building and implementing coax stub filters on the output of SixPack #1 to Tower #1. I have MUCH to learn in this area. Using an AIM4170, I cut two pieces of RG-213 to 1/4 WL at 7.150 MHz. One I made into a CS-3 and installed on the 15 meter port of the SixPack, and the other I made into a CS-4 and installed on the 20 meter port of the SixPack. For reference, I'm using Managing Interstation Interference 2nd edition by W2VJN as well as K1TTT's online Technical Reference and his online copy of K2TR Coax Stub filters article. I used the K2TR drawing, and cross-referenced it to the table on page 46 of Managing Interstation Interference . Here is the drawing, with the notations from page 46 superimposed. 
Now I have to get more RG-213, more UHF 'tees', and spend more time learning and tweaking! 09/25/10 -- Finished the last of my 4 beverage antenna by installing the wire for Europe. Worked on a sticky relay in the antenna switch. Cleaned up the shack a bit, as a first step toward the CQ WW group's arrival late next month. 09/20/10 -- Built a Magic-T splitter for the beverage antenna system. Installed an A/B relay to select either the 80m dipole or 80m shunt fed-tower. Replaced the RF bypass capacitors in a lightning damaged SixPack. Went through my paper QSL cards to update my DXCC totals, and found several new ones that I will send to ARRL HQ. 09/16/10 -- Completed tuning the 80 meter shunt feed. My goal was to have it resonant at 3.6MHz. I think I was pretty successful with the tuning. The shunt wire is spaced 36 inches from the tower, and the shorting bar is about 27 feet up. 
09/11/10 -- Installed the permanent shunt feed system on the tower. Built the necessary standoffs to mount the vacuum variable cap in the tuning box. Assembled everything with copper strap for low inductance. Silver soldered 4" copper strap to the ground ring at the tower base and connected to the base of the tower as well as the coax shield on the shunt feed. Used an AIM 4170c to get baseline readings. It looks like I need to raise the shorting bar about 12 to 15 inches up the tower. It will have to wait until next week. 
09/10/10 -- Completed the beverage at 270 and 315 degrees. Installed antenna switch at central beverage switching point. Installed F connectors, and hooked up a receiver. Gave it a try. Heard BU2AQ at 1045 UTC on 80m. Could not even discern any signal there if listening on the transmit dipole at 75 ft. 09/06/10 -- Continued to work on beverage antenna system. Figured out a way to also have a 480 ft beverage at 90 degrees. Set more 4x4-12 ft posts. Built 4 transformers using the W8JI design. Buried feed line to all 4 beverage feed points. I sure like the radial burying plow! It is coming in very handy!  
09/05/10 -- A very pleasant surprise! KG5VK paid me a visit this afternoon. As a first-time visitor, I gave him the nickel tour. Then we talked multi-op strategy. I've got several items to do in and around the station now! 09/04/10 -- Began the expansion of my beverage antenna system. Set several 4x4-12 ft posts. Strung 800 ft beverage at 270 degrees and 485 ft beverage at 315 degrees. Cleared underbrush to extend former 285 ft with goal of at least 500 ft at 45 degrees. Still have to construct the transformers and place the ground rods at both ends of each beverage. Used my radial plow and buried feedline & control wires from shack to central beverage switching point. 
With help from K5RUS, we also worked on shunt feed on tower for 80m. Still in experimental mode - we did locate the approximate feed point and determined approximate capacitor value. Now I'm ready to build the final tuning assembly and secure the shunt wire more securely to the tower. Also sanded and applied 2 coats of polyurethane to desktop for multiplier operating position. Replaced feedline from multi position to antenna switch shed. 08/30/10 -- Finally repaired my TopTen Band Decoder/Yaesu with source driver mods. It was damaged in the May 2009 lightning fiasco. I just had not made it a priority. It is now on Radio 1 (left), and automatically switches the ICE 419 bandpass filter between the FT-1000MP and AL-1500, and the SixPack for antenna selection. 08/28/10 -- Finished burying radials this morning, with a total of 40 radials, most about 125 feet long. A few had to be shorter. In all, used 5,000 feet of wire. Silver soldered the radials to the ring of #4 solid copper wire around the base of the tower. Installed the shunt wire up the tower to 75 ft, and put the shorting bar at 36 ft. Now I have to build the tuning network and put in a weatherproof box.  
08/26/10 -- Buried another 16 radials this afternoon. 08/25/10 -- Began burying 1/4 wavelength (~125 ft) radials around my 120 ft tower. Got 14 done (1,750 ft of wire). I'm installing 36 radials, 10 degree spacing. The ends of the wire are 21.6 ft apart. The goal is to shunt feed the tower on 80m and 160m. This project began with the purchase of 5,500 ft of 12 gauge solid THHN wire and 2 vacuum variable caps at Dayton in May. 08/23/10 -- Modified my middle-buster plow to be a radial/cable burying plow, complete with wire roll holder and dispenser tube. It only took about 2 hours . 
August NAQP SSB 2010 -- Total Time On 07:54 (474 mins) Band QSOs Pts Sec NA 1.8 1 1 1 0 3.5 1 1 1 0 7 77 77 30 0 14 377 377 47 2 21 2 2 2 0 28 1 1 1 0 Total 459 459 82 2 Score : 38,556 08/20/10 -- Parts to repair the ICE 419 arrived. Installed the 6 mica caps. Testing the unit yielded less than stellar results; it now attenuates RF power output by about 20%. I will put on the thinking cap and figure this out later. 08/14/10 -- Very important! My wife and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary! IARU 2010 -- I got to play some, but not nearly as much as I wanted to, spending 5 hours on the air. Band Mode QSOs Pts Zon HQ 7 LSB 1 1 0 1 14 CW 34 98 0 6 14 USB 307 969 21 7 21 USB 12 46 4 1 Total Both 354 1114 25 15 Score: 44,560 07/09/10 -- Wow, it has been hot this summer. This evening, I installed the rotor cable to the middle TIC ring, finishing well after sunset. Also tweaked the 80m dipole at 75 feet. Found water in a barrel connector on the middle 15 meter antenna; dried and resealed. My FT-1000MP returned from WA4GEG. He got it all repaired, aligned, and returned. 07/03/10 -- Using W8JI's website as resource material, I built another beverage transformer. It is a little faster to use the binocular core design. Too soon to tell about performance. Late June -- My ICE 419B bandpass filter on my 2nd radio failed (unknown to me) while running QRO on 10 meters on the 1st. The consequence - blown receiver in the 2nd radio (FT-1000MP). Sent it for repairs to Byron Campbell WA4GEG. Moved the IC-756P2 to position 1, and am in process of aquiring parts to repair ICE unit. For now, am only running single radio. 06/13/10 -- With help from W5KGT and K5ER, we got the TIC ring at 85 feet completed and the antenna (C31XR) installed. Now I need to dress the coax and install the rotor cable up to it. W5KGT and I went up the tower around 7 pm. I witnessed my first sunset from up a tower. It wasn't too bad being on the tower after sunset; in fact, I rather liked the temperature as compared to daytime. 06/05/10 -- Installed my new LP-100A from N8LP. Spent some time cleaning the shack. Replaced a few old coax jumpers with new, and spent most of the day making some QSOs. Worked E4X on 20m SSB. 05/30/10 -- CQ WPX CW Band QSOs Pts WPX 7 62 156 32 14 149 225 102 21 42 81 32 28 11 25 7 Total 264 487 173 Score : 84,251 Late May -- Aquired a spare 8877 "pull" for the AL-1500. Dayton 2010 -- I made the trip with K5ER and KC5WA. I always enjoy the fleamarket and Mendelson's downtown. Attended CTU for the 4th consecutive year. Won the CTU eyeball sprint, edging out N9NB by only a few points. Enjoyed Wed thru Sat nights in the Contest Super Suite. Attended the 18th annual Contest Dinner; congrats to Louisiana Contest Club member Don Hill AA5AU for his induction to CQ Hall of Fame. I always seem to bring home work from Dayton. I bought the 'stuff' to: 1) shunt feed my tower on 80m and 160m (vacuum variable capacitors, 5,500 feet of 12 AWG for radials); 2) enhance my beverage receiving antenna system; 3) continue streamlining control cabling in the antenna switching shed; and 4) be LOUDER and HEAR better! 05/08/10 -- Today I installed the frame and bearing portion of the 1st TIC ring rotor at 85'. My C-31XR will reside on it. Looks like it will get completed sometime after returning from Dayton. 04/14/10 -- I pulled control wiring for the 2 new TIC ring rotators thru conduit from the antenna switching shed to Tower #1. Also made up the cables from the shed to the shack. 04/12/10 -- My 2 oldest children received their technician licenses today. My only son Delton age 12 is now KF5GDK, and oldest daughter Jordan age 10 is now KF5GDJ. 04/06/10 -- Received new set of tubes for AL-811. Now I have an amp for the 2nd radio, albeit not legal limit. 03/29/10 -- CQ WPX SSB -- I operated 21 hours 40 minutes as a SOAB HP NON-ASSISTED (SO2R) Band QSOs Pts WPX 1.8 4 4 2 3.5 39 62 18 7 208 395 95 14 759 1144 245 21 475 971 232 28 58 163 29 Total 1543 2739 621 Score : 1,700,919 
W5WZ Max Rates: 2010-03-27 0002Z - 5.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 300 per hour by W5WZ 2010-03-27 0011Z - 3.2 per minute (10 minute(s)), 192 per hour by W5WZ 2010-03-27 0305Z - 2.3 per minute (60 minute(s)), 139 per hour by W5WZ W5WZ Runs >10 QSOs: 2010-03-27 0000 - 0029Z, 21219 kHz, 66 Qs, 134.2/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0039 - 0050Z, 21219 kHz, 12 Qs, 63.0/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0053 - 0125Z, 21219 kHz, 58 Qs, 108.4/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0141 - 0223Z, 14184 kHz, 97 Qs, 137.3/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0224 - 0307Z, 14184 kHz, 91 Qs, 128.5/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0323 - 0347Z, 7162 kHz, 33 Qs, 82.5/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0350 - 0438Z, 7161 kHz, 50 Qs, 62.8/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0441 - 0523Z, 7161 kHz, 55 Qs, 79.3/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0543 - 0556Z, 3660 kHz, 21 Qs, 95.6/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 0622 - 0637Z, 7203 kHz, 31 Qs, 122.4/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1304 - 1322Z, 21213 kHz, 34 Qs, 108.8/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1337 - 1355Z, 21262 kHz, 18 Qs, 60.3/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1529 - 1547Z, 21214 kHz, 29 Qs, 98.4/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1556 - 1630Z, 21214 kHz, 50 Qs, 89.8/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1636 - 1644Z, 21214 kHz, 12 Qs, 84.7/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1658 - 1711Z, 14176 kHz, 13 Qs, 61.3/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 1731 - 1940Z, 14295 kHz, 170 Qs, 79.4/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 2229 - 2239Z, 21230 kHz, 11 Qs, 65.1/hr W5WZ 2010-03-27 2244 - 2352Z, 21230 kHz, 91 Qs, 79.5/hr W5WZ 2010-03-28 0004 - 0135Z, 14219 kHz, 170 Qs, 111.0/hr W5WZ 2010-03-28 2240 - 2249Z, 21235 kHz, 17 Qs, 119.5/hr W5WZ 02/28/10 -- Constructed my first beverage antenna. It is 285 feet, oriented at 45 degrees. Average height above ground is 5 feet. My homebrew feedpoint transformer is of ON4UN design on a FT-114-43 core. I used the design from the 3rd edition of Low Band DXing by ON4UN as found on page 7-16, figure 7-17. Now only time will tell if it works! Right now at 23:32 UTC on 28Feb2010, I hear EA6DX calling CQ on 3.506. 02/23/10 -- Made a deal to acquire (2) Tic Ringrotors model 1022D. Now I'll be able to rotate the lower 2 antenna! I hope to get them on the tower before really hot weather gets here. 02/15/10 -- Managed to operate 3.5 hours of the Louisiana QSO Party Band Mode QSOs Pts Sec 3.5 CW 1 4 1 3.5 LSB 4 8 1 7 CW 1 4 1 7 LSB 21 42 5 14 USB 344 688 59 Total Both 371 746 67 01/20/10 -- 4 hours and 56 minutes of fun in NAQP SSB NA QSO SSB - 2010-01-16 1800Z to 2010-01-17 0600Z - 407 QSOs W5WZ Max Rates: 2010-01-16 1924Z - 5.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 300 per hour by W5WZ 2010-01-16 1933Z - 3.5 per minute (10 minute(s)), 210 per hour by W5WZ 2010-01-16 2007Z - 2.1 per minute (60 minute(s)), 126 per hour by W5WZ W5WZ Runs >10 QSOs: 2010-01-16 1822 - 1903Z, 21315 kHz, 67 Qs, 96.3/hr W5WZ 2010-01-16 1919 - 1946Z, 14314 kHz, 83 Qs, 182.3/hr W5WZ 2010-01-16 1949 - 2011Z, 14316 kHz, 39 Qs, 103.8/hr W5WZ 2010-01-17 0005 - 0017Z, 14195 kHz, 20 Qs, 104.3/hr W5WZ 2010-01-17 0026 - 0058Z, 7203 kHz, 60 Qs, 110.5/hr W5WZ 2010-01-17 0101 - 0145Z, 7188 kHz, 78 Qs, 106.2/hr W5WZ Total Time Off 07:04 (424 mins) Total Time On 04:56 (296 mins) 01/02/10 -- Just updated many photos and decriptions on the website. Installed 2nd crossarm on tower at 105 feet for hanging dipoles. Moved my 160m Inv-V to that location. | 
