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Kevin, I also had a very high noise level and it got to the point where I was going to climb the power myself and fix it right. Well, perhaps that was a bit too much but it need attention!
At the time it was NH Public Service and I called their service line for help. I was put in contact with a fellow who asked all the obvious questions and I answered them with the obvious answers. I asked him to come visit and see what my excitement was all about and he agreed to come in a few days.
When he arrived, I took my portable AM radio and tuned into the worse possible hash you could imagine and we both walked the neighborhood locating the faulty insulator. Overall, it was very productive for I not only found the cause of the loudest, troubling insulator but also found several more in my neighborhood causing the noise. The RFI power service specialist, with in two weeks, cured the hash and I was back again in full swing sending and copying CW. By the way, I showed him the shack and when he saw the layout, he knew I wasn’t just pulling his leg with a crank call and his coming was a legislate request.
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It is a 40/20/15/10/6/2 meter vertical dipole. It is center fed with capacitance spokes at the top and the bottom set are pointed out 90-degrees from vertical to give a place for a mounting pole.
This is the MFJ entry for it. I picked it up 2nd hand new in box for $100 about 15 years ago. http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-1796
I have it mounted on a conduit pipe up about 6 feet or so.
I couldn’t get a pic of my other antenna that I use for 160m. It blends in too well for a picture. I got a 500′ foot roll of 14ga insulated wire on clearance at Home Depot one day. I cut an appropriate length, ran it vertically (about 40′) to a branch of an oak tree and ran the rest over to another tree near the other corner of my small backyard.
Wayne,
You mentioned your antenna setup at the extra class last weekend and I was a bit slow in my copy. Can you tell us what you have and how you have it configured. Congrats on the contesting!
Two replies from my W2SZ VHF contest group…
Ed, K1EP says…
FD is not a contest….contest rules don’t apply.
Fred, K2TR says…
Generally speaking, field day is anything goes. Even relayed contacts on packet count. K1TTT once entered in the zero transmitter category using an Internet connection to packet nodes.A testament to PERSEVERANCE! Must be getting pretty hot this time of year in Central Florida! But any antenna farm with worth the effort!
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Indeed, my thanks too.
I wish I had been able to attend all three days but just one was better than none!
-Dale
It will be interesting to hear what actually appears at Dayton.
Another option coming down the road (or not) is the “New Radio”:
Ref:European hams announce NEW RADIO – a dual-band, multi-mode radio to support DMR, D-STAR and C4FM
http://www.newradio.eu/?lang=en“On May 8th, an article appeared in the ÖVSV by Kurt, OE1KBC, about a new dual-band, multi-mode mobile radio called the “NEW RADIO” that will operate on the 2m & 70cm bands and support the most common ham digital modes, including DMR, D-STAR and C4FM (System Fusion), plus analog FM. As reported in the article, the NEW RADIO has been created by hams for the ham radio community will feature a colour touch screen display, 50W of power output, a 1.8 GHz processor, a Linux operating system, plus dual AMBE+ vocoders, allowing for full-duplex, cross-band operation. Also, one of the biggest features of the NEW RADIO is that it will include a built-in LTE wireless modem and SIM card allowing it to be Internet connected while on the go. Apparently, with it being Internet connected, the NEW RADIO will be able to automatically download frequencies, offsets, contacts and other configuration information on the go, allowing for instant updates for users. This will undoubtedly be a much welcomed feature for anyone used to loading codeplugs into radios, as is the case with DMR. In addition to the mobile version, NEW RADIO is also working on a portable and base station model that features similar operating specifications using different form factors……”
If it was real and working, I’d buy the HT in a heart-beat. In the mean time I’ll continue exploring DMR with my MD-380 and try to find time to get the XPR5550 out of the box and into the car…. Somehow I _assumed_ that when I retired, I’d have more time 😉
-Dale
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