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Home » Events » Winter Field Day 2023 at Cooper Lake » Reply To: Winter Field Day 2023 at Cooper Lake

Reply To: Winter Field Day 2023 at Cooper Lake

January 4, 2023 at 10:45 am #37654
Charles Penry
Participant

Here are the antennas we plan to use. Cindy and I will operate two stations, one capable of HF 40 thru 6 meters, the other one capable of 160 thru 2 meters.

Due to the closeness of the antennas we will definitely need to make use of the bandpass filters!

The picture shows the locations of the antennas.

The MFJ-1796 HF vertical antenna will operate from 40 thru 6 meters and will be on a 15′ mast for a total height of about 27′.

The wire antenna on top of the trees (via slingshot) will cover 160 thru 6 meters, tuned by a SGC-237 coupler.

The 2 meter horizontal antenna will be a Big Wheel and will be up about 15′ to 20′ mounted on a pole.

The 2m/70cm vertical omni is a mobile whip for talking to the area repeaters (or direct FM contacts) and is mounted to the top of the pole the 2m horizontal antenna is on.

73,

Charles WA5VHU

 

WA5VHU Winter FD Antennas

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Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club (RRVARC) is a licensed FCC radio operator (WB5RDD) and an affiliate of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – The National Association for Amateur Radio®.

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