Wednesday, 11 November 2020

New mast arrives

 



After a few years of pushing up my antennas on two scaffold poles, I decided it was time to get a mast to make setting up easier - so an MM0CUG trailer mast was bought during the summer.  It's got a manual winch to take the mast to vertical and an electric winch for going up.  I spent some time sorting out a big storage box on the front, this contains my Honda generator, battery for the winch, mains cable and feeder.


                                      

That's Melody cat sat on the trailer!!                   First time out, the mast is vertical, honest!!                                               


I also changed my car at the same time.  After contemplating various cars that would also be suitable for contesting, Helen spotted that the Peugeot 3008 has a fold-flat front passenger seat.  So I sit in the back seat, the rig/transverters go on the front, with the logging laptop on a little table in front of me, the second laptop for KST on the other back seat and the amplifier in the boot


Thursday, 10 September 2020

Picture gallery



73 de G4HGT


    


Last time out at IO93EV, 21 May UKAC - coming next - a new car and a trailer mast!!


                                                                                                                        
G4ZAP/p receiving the Surrey Trophy for winning VHF NFD 2018
Tony G4NBS, John G4HGT, RSGB president, Paul G0SPA, John G3UUT

                      

G4VVZ arriving with Versatower, JO01PU

                      


G3UUT attaching 12ele onto van mast



A view of G0VHF/G4ZAP/P, VHFNFD 2019





G0VHF/p:  4x  28 ele on 432MHz and 8 x 55ele on 1296MHz

                                                                                         



Low powers 2017, Sheffield IO93EH
G4HGT, G4VVZ, G4NBS, G3UUT (photo: M0GAV)




2 x 11ele DK7ZB, 144MHz built by John G0JLF