We have finished the 2019-2020 Flounders Cup Competition. Randy (K7TQ) has published the final report. Congratulations to both Randy (K7TQ) 1,210,083 points and Gary (K7GS) 1,033,821 points. Enjoy reading Randy’s excellent anaylsis.
The DXCC Challenge Award is earned by working and confirming at least 1,000 DXCC band-points on any Amateur bands, 160 through 6 meters (except 60 meters). A “band-point” is awarded for every confirmed new entity contact. There is a distinctive wall plaque available to display your achievement. Plaques can also be endorsed in increments of 500 additional band points. There are endorsement for 1,500, 2,000, 2,500 and 3,000. Deleted entities do not count for this award. All contacts must be made after November 15, 1945. QSOs for the 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meter bands qualify for this award.
Bob (N7AU) petting his rebuild 4 element SteppIR antenna back on one of his towers.
Bob made a bracket, the piece on top of the boom that straps to the boom. The bar on the bracket on top is adjustable to find the center.
Using the ATV to pull the antenna up
The antenna going up the tower
The antenna almost ready to attach
Jay (WA0WWW) repainting his SteppIR antenna. Notice the nice raising fixture for his crankup tower.
Bob finished the tower/antenna installation today on his 6 meter antenna. It is an M2 5 element 6 meter Yagi, on which he modified the driven element into a folded dipole and then fed it with 450 ohm ladder line.
This tower/antenna is at one the peaks on his property and the base is anchored in a granite outcropping…all guy anchors are also in granite.
Picture 1: construction and mounting of the base plate…..extra heavy hinge is two telescoped pipes welded to the base and the tower base (standard Rohn backed with 1/4 inch steel plate.
Picture 2: Kubota delivering the top section from the shop 400 feet down
Picture 3: tower lowered
Picture 4 tower raised with the winch on the Kubota.
The tower is 30 feet but it is at the top of the property with steep drop-offs in most directions.
