[IRCA] Raised WNW EWE antenna

[mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)]

Greetings,

Inbetween service calls today I got out and raised my WNW EWE antenna
bit. Up in the tree I went again to try to untangle the wire from a
branch. I did not have a lot of luck because the branch was in the way.
Down I went, gabbed the saw and climbed back up and sawed the limb off.
Down it came right on top of the wire, but flipped over the wire and the
limb landed on another limb and it took a bit to get the sawed off limb
down to the ground. It weighed about 150 pounds. I had to saw the limb
in three pieces to toss it on the wood pile. Anyway I got the wire
cleared so I raised the EWE up about 3 feet on both ends and it made
quite a difference. I would not think raising it 15% would make a
difference, but the S Meter went up nearly 10DB on some frequencies to
the N/NW. I am thinking of putting the EWE on high poles in the trees
and try to get it up 40-50 feet if possible. That is if it would survive
our high winds in the Winter of 90 MPH+. But raising the EWE does make a
difference. It is up about 25-26 feet now.  I already was getting a het
on 1179 khz at 0540 UTC tonight (JOOR). No het on my SW EWE, so it made
a difference, plus I moved the EWE a bit more to the NW, about 5 degrees
I would guess. It is pretty much aimed at Japan now. But I am quite
pleased with the results on making just a little change. I wish I had a
couple 200' Redwoods in my backyard. hi.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin

Come to Seaside Oregon for the 2006 IRCA Convention! It will be held at
the Comfort Inn on September 22-24,2006.

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